Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 2016, 12:36 PM CDT for Clay County, Illinois. It was in force for 4 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 13, 2016, 12:36 PM CDT (17:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2016, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Clay County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2:10 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Se Flora, IL | SEVERAL ROADS SOUTHEAST OF FLORA HAVE WATER OVER THEM. CREEKS AND DITCHES ARE AT BANK LEVEL. |
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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 161 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
- 252 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 626 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
165
WGUS53 KILX 131736
FFWILX
ILC025-132130-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0022.160813T1736Z-160813T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1236 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT
* AT 1233 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 1.5 TO 2.5
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN SINCE 1130 AM IN AREAS FROM SOUTHWEST
OF FLORA TO NEAR CLAY CITY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND
SOUTHWEST TO NEAR MOUNT VERNON AND WILL BE TRACKING NORTHEAST OVER
THESE SAME AREAS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FLORA...CLAY CITY...SAILOR SPRINGS...AND WENDELIN.
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 3861 8869 3885 8831 3885 8828 3884 8826
3873 8826 3873 8829 3866 8827 3863 8830
3860 8826
$$
GEELHART2 follow-up statements
167
WGUS73 KILX 131916
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
216 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2016
ILC025-132130-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160813T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLAY-
216 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY...
AT 215 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING OCCURRING ON
SEVERAL ROADS SOUTHEAST OF FLORA...AND SOUTHWEST OF CLAY CITY. RADAR
HAS ESTIMATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THIS AREA
SINCE 1130 AM. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING
NORTHEAST OUT OF WAYNE COUNTY AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT AREAS EAST
OF FLORA...AND NEAR CLAY CITY...INTO MID AFTERNOON.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FLORA...CLAY CITY AND SAILOR SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3861 8859 3884 8826 3873 8826 3873 8829
3866 8827 3863 8830 3860 8826
$$
GEELHART041
WGUS73 KILX 132127
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
427 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2016
ILC025-132136-
/O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-160813T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLAY-
427 PM CDT SAT AUG 13 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 430 PM CDT...
FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT, BUT LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL MORE HOURS INTO
THIS EVENING. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES,
AND REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3861 8859 3884 8826 3873 8826 3873 8829
3866 8827 3863 8830 3860 8826
$$
SHIMONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 7:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Logan, Mason, Tazewell | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 7:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Christian | 53 min |
| Aug 12, 8:26 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 9:59 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 6 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILX | Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 13 more | 3 days |
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.