Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 14, 2016, 6:12 AM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 4 hr. 4 reports 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 14, 2016, 6:12 AM CDT (11:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2016, 10:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clay County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Richland County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:12 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 6:29 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.72 | 3 S Olney, IL | MESONET STATION 3 S OLNEY /C5008/. |
| Aug 14, 6:29 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.7 | 3 S Olney, IL | MESONET STATION 3 S OLNEY /C5008/. |
| Aug 14, 6:53 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.75 | 4 Se Pinkstaff, IL | ASOS STATION LAWRENCEVILLE-VINCENNES INTL AP /LWV/. |
| Aug 14, 7:19 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.88 | 3 S Olney, IL | MESONET STATION 3 S OLNEY /C5008/. |
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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1175 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
415
WGUS53 KILX 141112
FFWILX
ILC025-033-101-159-141515-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0023.160814T1112Z-160814T1515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
612 AM CDT SUN AUG 14 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1015 AM CDT
* AT 611 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES EXCEEDING ONE
INCH PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING IN MANY AREAS. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
OLNEY...LAWRENCEVILLE...SUMNER...ST. FRANCISVILLE...NOBLE...
FLAT ROCK...PARKERSBURG...CLAREMONT...CALHOUN...RUSSELLVILLE...
CHAUNCEY...BIRDS...SCHNELL...PETROLIA...BILLETT...BERRYVILLE...
HELENA...MOUNT CARMEL AIRPORT...OLNEY NOBLE AIRPORT AND PINKSTAFF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3858 8815 3860 8816 3860 8838 3869 8829
3885 8795 3900 8756 3899 8757 3896 8751
3890 8752 3889 8754 3886 8755 3879 8750
3874 8750 3868 8754 3866 8760 3859 8761
3859 8764 3857 8764 3857 8800
$$
BAK2 follow-up statements
056
WGUS73 KILX 141227
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
727 AM CDT SUN AUG 14 2016
ILC025-033-101-159-141515-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160814T1515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-CLAY-LAWRENCE-
727 AM CDT SUN AUG 14 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD...RICHLAND...SOUTHEASTERN CLAY AND LAWRENCE
COUNTIES...
AT 726 AM CDT...GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN SINCE 1 AM. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
OLNEY...LAWRENCEVILLE...SUMNER...ST. FRANCISVILLE...NOBLE...
FLAT ROCK...PARKERSBURG...CLAREMONT...CALHOUN...RUSSELLVILLE...
CHAUNCEY...BIRDS...SCHNELL...PETROLIA...BILLETT...BERRYVILLE...
HELENA...MOUNT CARMEL AIRPORT...OLNEY NOBLE AIRPORT AND PINKSTAFF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3858 8815 3860 8816 3860 8838 3869 8829
3885 8795 3900 8756 3899 8757 3896 8751
3890 8752 3889 8754 3886 8755 3879 8750
3874 8750 3868 8754 3866 8760 3859 8761
3859 8764 3857 8764 3857 8800
$$
BAK380
WGUS73 KILX 141518
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1018 AM CDT SUN AUG 14 2016
ILC025-033-101-159-141526-
/O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-160814T1515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-CLAY-LAWRENCE-
1018 AM CDT SUN AUG 14 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CRAWFORD...RICHLAND...
SOUTHEASTERN CLAY AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS SHIFTED NORTHWARD TOWARD THE I-70 CORRIDOR.
FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE AN IMMINENT THREAT.
HOWEVER...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH DOES REMAIN IN EFFECT...AND FLOODING
MAY DEVELOP AGAIN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS.
LAT...LON 3858 8815 3860 8816 3860 8838 3869 8829
3885 8795 3900 8756 3899 8757 3896 8751
3890 8752 3889 8754 3886 8755 3879 8750
3874 8750 3868 8754 3866 8760 3859 8761
3859 8764 3857 8764 3857 8800
$$
GEELHARTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 8:32 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 9 days |
| Aug 14, 3:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Tazewell | 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.