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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Lincoln, IL
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 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.
- 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
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
$$
BAK1 follow-up statement
168
WGUS73 KILX 262355
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
655 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
ILC029-139-270004-
/O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160427T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COLES-MOULTRIE-
655 PM CDT TUE APR 26 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL COLES AND SOUTHEASTERN
MOULTRIE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM CDT...
FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3951 8836 3946 8857 3950 8859 3956 8854
3960 8835
$$
SHIMONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 1:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Shelby | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 2:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Moultrie | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Moultrie | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles, Edgar | 24 min |
| Apr 26, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 39 min |
| Apr 26, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 4:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Edgar | 3 hr |
| Apr 26, 4:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clay | 22 min |
| Apr 26, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Lawrence, Richland | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 5:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Crawford | 40 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.