Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2016, 6:57 AM CDT for DeWitt County, McLean County, Illinois. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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 28, 2016, 6:57 AM CDT (11:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties DeWitt County, IL, McLean County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:59 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 28, 7:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.68 | 4 Wsw Le Roy, IL | COCORAHS STATION 4 WSW LE ROY /IL-MCL-26/. |
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, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 23 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
- 961 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1110 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted.
084
WGUS53 KILX 281157
FFWILX
ILC039-113-281500-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0017.160728T1157Z-160728T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
657 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEASTERN DE WITT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT
* AT 656 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH
FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN FARMER CITY, WHERE A CITY STREET
IS FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LE ROY...FARMER CITY AND MORAINE VIEW STATE PARK.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 145 AND 159.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 4042 8867 4033 8854 4020 8865 4030 8886
4039 8884
$$
SHIMONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 11:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian | 2 hr |
| Jul 28, 12:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Cass, Christian, DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Mason and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 2:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | McLean, Marshall, Woodford | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas, Effingham and 8 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 3:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | DeWitt, Piatt | 38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.