Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2016, 7:07 AM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 3 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, 7:07 AM CDT (12:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clark County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Jasper County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:11 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, 7:30 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.94 | Casey, IL | 24-HOUR TOTAL |
| Jul 26, 9:45 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.26 | Martinsville, IL | STORM TOTAL RAINFALL |
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 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1068 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
547
WGUS53 KILX 261207
FFWILX
ILC023-035-049-079-261500-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0016.160726T1207Z-160726T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
707 AM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
WESTERN CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
EASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
* AT 706 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO TO THREE INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN...WITH ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE.
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
NEWTON...TOLEDO...CASEY...GREENUP...MARTINSVILLE...DIETERICH...
JEWETT...WHEELER...HIDALGO...HAZEL DELL...BOGOTA...WOODBURY...
YALE...ROSE HILL...ELLIOTSTOWN...GILA...LATONA...
NEWTON LAKE AND UNION CENTER.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 106 AND 141.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3889 8826 3893 8851 3922 8833 3935 8816
3938 8801 3945 8785 3944 8772
$$
SHIMON2 follow-up statements
176
WGUS73 KILX 261255
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
755 AM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016
ILC023-035-049-079-261500-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160726T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JASPER-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-CUMBERLAND-
755 AM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR
WESTERN JASPER...WESTERN CLARK...SOUTHEASTERN EFFINGHAM AND EASTERN
CUMBERLAND COUNTIES...
AT 753 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL SHOULD REMAIN LESS THAN A
HALF INCH. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING ON
ROUTE 121 BETWEEN GREENUP AND TOLEDO AS WELL AS SEVERAL LOW LYING
COUNTY ROADS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
NEWTON...TOLEDO...CASEY...GREENUP...MARTINSVILLE...DIETERICH...
JEWETT...WHEELER...HIDALGO...HAZEL DELL...BOGOTA...WOODBURY...YALE...
ROSE HILL...ELLIOTSTOWN...GILA...LATONA...
NEWTON LAKE AND UNION CENTER.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 106 AND 141.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3889 8826 3893 8851 3922 8833 3935 8816
3938 8801 3945 8785 3944 8772
$$
SHIMON801
WGUS73 KILX 261429
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
929 AM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016
ILC023-035-049-079-261438-
/O.CAN.KILX.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160726T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JASPER-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-CUMBERLAND-
929 AM CDT TUE JUL 26 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTERN JASPER...WESTERN CLARK...
SOUTHEASTERN EFFINGHAM AND EASTERN CUMBERLAND COUNTIES 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 3889 8826 3893 8851 3922 8833 3935 8816
3938 8801 3945 8785 3944 8772
$$
BARNESThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 5:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Effingham | 4 hr |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.