Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2016, 5:47 AM CDT for Effingham County, Illinois. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 2016, 5:47 AM CDT (10:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2016, 9:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Effingham County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:48 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 7:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.68 | 3 Ssw Effingham, IL | 24-HOUR TOTAL |
| Jul 26, 7:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.11 | 2 Wnw Effingham, IL | 24-HOUR TOTAL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 117 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1343 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
559
WGUS53 KILX 261047
FFWILX
ILC049-261445-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0015.160726T1047Z-160726T1445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
547 AM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 945 AM CDT
* AT 546 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN AND ANOTHER ONE TO TWO INCHES COULD FALL IN THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
EFFINGHAM...ALTAMONT...TEUTOPOLIS...WATSON...SHUMWAY...
LAKE SARA AND ALTAMONT RESERVOIR.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 152 AND 167.
INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 79 AND 98.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3907 8881 3922 8860 3921 8847 3917 8847
3912 8850 3900 8860 3892 8880
$$
SHIMON2 follow-up statements
708
WGUS73 KILX 261212
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
712 AM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016
ILC049-261445-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160726T1445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EFFINGHAM-
712 AM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR
WESTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY...
AT 708 AM CDT...DOPPER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL SHOULD BE LESS THAN A HALF INCH.
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED LASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING ON GROVE
AVENUE AND CHERRY STREET IN EFFINGHAM. FLOODING IS ALSO LIKELY
OCCURRING ALONG LOW LYING COUNTY ROADS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
EFFINGHAM...ALTAMONT...TEUTOPOLIS...WATSON...SHUMWAY...LAKE SARA AND
ALTAMONT RESERVOIR.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 152 AND 167.
INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 79 AND 98.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3907 8881 3922 8860 3921 8847 3917 8847
3912 8850 3900 8860 3892 8880
$$
SHIMON040
WGUS73 KILX 261429 RRA
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
929 AM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016
ILC049-261439-
/O.CAN.KILX.FF.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160726T1445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EFFINGHAM-
929 AM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3907 8881 3922 8860 3921 8847 3917 8847
3912 8850 3900 8860 3892 8880
$$
BARNESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 7:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper | 3 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.