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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 12, 2016, 5:58 PM CDT for 4 counties in 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
- Aug 12, 2016, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Logan County, IL, Mason County, IL, Menard County, IL, Tazewell County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 8:15 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4 | Minier, IL | PUBLIC REPORT OF 4 INCHES OF 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 73 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
- 1247 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 890 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
965 WGUS53 KILX 122258 FFWILX ILC107-125-129-179-130200- /O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0019.160812T2258Z-160813T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 558 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHEASTERN MENARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN TAZEWELL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 556 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 5 PM BETWEEN SAN JOSE AND EMDEN. WATER WAS REPORTED OVER PARTS OF INTERSTATE 155 NEAR THE TAZEWELL COUNTY LINE. SOME PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 6 PM. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... MASON CITY...MINIER...GREENVIEW...EMDEN...ARMINGTON...MIDDLETOWN... HARTSBURG...NEW HOLLAND AND SWEETWATER. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 155 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 0 AND 13. INTERSTATE 55 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 126 AND 128. 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 4027 8926 3998 8968 4016 8979 4046 8927 $$ GEELHART
1 follow-up statement
469 WGUS73 KILX 130155 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 855 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016 ILC107-125-129-179-130202- /O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160813T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LOGAN-MASON-MENARD-TAZEWELL- 855 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN LOGAN...SOUTHEASTERN MASON...NORTHEASTERN MENARD AND SOUTHEASTERN TAZEWELL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM CDT... WHILE RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL...THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. FLOODING CONTINUES A LITTLE FURTHER NORTH THOUGH...AND A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS NORTH OF A MASON CITY TO MINIER LINE THROUGH 1030 PM. LAT...LON 4027 8926 3998 8968 4016 8979 4046 8927 $$ GEELHART
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 4:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Logan, McLean, Mason, Tazewell, Woodford | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Menard | 58 min |
| Aug 12, 5:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Marshall, Tazewell, Woodford | 119 min |
| Aug 12, 5:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Logan, Sangamon | 67 min |
| Aug 12, 6:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell | 2 hr |
| Aug 12, 6:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Logan, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 6:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Menard, Sangamon | 3 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.