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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 24, 2016Fulton County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 2016, 10:34 PM CDT for Fulton County, Illinois. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 2016, 10:34 PM CDT (03:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2016, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Fulton County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 132 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2016-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3609 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2016-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
3609 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1001 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.6

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The text

As transmitted.

039 
WGUS53 KILX 250334
FFWILX
ILC057-250630-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0014.160725T0334Z-160725T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1034 PM CDT SUN JUL 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 1033 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HEAVY
  RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY
  FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING ON ROUTE 100 AND ALSO
  ROUTE 97.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  LEWISTOWN...CUBA...ST. DAVID...DUNFERMLINE...BERNADOTTE...
  SMITHFIELD...BRYANT AND LITTLE AMERICA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 4054 9030 4049 8992 4045 8990 4040 8998
      4038 9033

$$

SHIMON
1 follow-up statement
902 
WGUS73 KILX 250515
FFSILX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1215 AM CDT MON JUL 25 2016

ILC057-250525-
/O.CAN.KILX.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160725T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FULTON-
1215 AM CDT MON JUL 25 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL FULTON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 4054 9030 4049 8992 4045 8990 4040 8998
      4038 9033

$$

SHIMON

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 7:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXWoodford24 min
Jul 24, 7:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXWoodford46 min
Jul 24, 8:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMcLean65 min
Jul 24, 8:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXTazewell48 min
Jul 24, 9:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXChampaign, Piatt, Vermilion62 min
Jul 24, 9:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMcLean3 hr
Jul 24, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton32 min
Jul 24, 10:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXDeWitt, Macon51 min
Jul 24, 10:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Mason, Tazewell28 min
Jul 24, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, Tazewell29 min
Jul 24, 10:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean42 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.