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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 26, 2016Coles County, Moultrie County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Apr 26, 2016, 4:08 PM CDT for Coles County, Moultrie 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
Apr 26, 2016, 4:08 PM CDT (21:08 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Coles County, IL, Moultrie County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 71 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2016-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 449 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2016-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
449 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
792 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

007 
WGUS53 KILX 262108
FFWILX
ILC029-139-270000-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0002.160426T2108Z-160427T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
408 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL COLES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHEASTERN MOULTRIE COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 406 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
  ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING 5
  MILES SOUTH OF ALLENVILLE...WHERE A FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS
  IMPACTING THE INTERSECTION OF 500 NORTH AND 1500 EAST.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ALLENVILLE...COOKS MILL AND COLES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

&&

LAT...LON 3951 8836 3946 8857 3950 8859 3956 8854
      3960 8835

$$

BAK
1 follow-up statement
168 
WGUS73 KILX 262355
FFSILX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
655 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

ILC029-139-270004-
/O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160427T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COLES-MOULTRIE-
655 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL COLES AND SOUTHEASTERN
MOULTRIE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT...

FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3951 8836 3946 8857 3950 8859 3956 8854
      3960 8835

$$

SHIMON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 1:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXShelby37 min
Apr 26, 2:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMoultrie36 min
Apr 26, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Moultrie45 min
Apr 26, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Edgar24 min
Apr 26, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEdgar39 min
Apr 26, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEdgar29 min
Apr 26, 4:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXEdgar3 hr
Apr 26, 4:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXClay22 min
Apr 26, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXLawrence, Richland46 min
Apr 26, 5:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXCrawford40 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.