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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 27, 2016, 8:06 PM CDT for Macon County, Piatt County, Illinois. It was in force for 6 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
- Aug 27, 2016, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2016, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Macon County, IL, Piatt County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 26 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
- 960 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1410 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted.
925
WGUS53 KILX 280106
FFWILX
ILC115-147-280700-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0026.160828T0106Z-160828T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
806 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL PIATT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
NORTHEASTERN MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 200 AM CDT
* AT 805 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS
ALREADY FALLEN FROM NEAR WARRENSBURG TO JUST EAST OF ARGENTA.
FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FORSYTH...MAROA...WARRENSBURG...ARGENTA...OREANA AND CISCO.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 138 AND 162.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 4005 8883 4004 8863 3994 8867 3988 8907
4005 8901
$$
SMITH2 follow-up statements
681
WGUS73 KILX 280326
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1026 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 2016
ILC115-147-280700-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0026.000000T0000Z-160828T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PIATT-MACON-
1026 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL PIATT AND NORTHEASTERN MACON COUNTIES...
AT 1024 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED
THE HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA HAVE ENDED, BUT THE FLASH
FLOOD THREAT CONTINUES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF
RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA WITH ONE
PUBLIC REPORT OF OVER 4 INCHES JUST EAST OF WARRENSBURG.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FORSYTH...MAROA...WARRENSBURG...ARGENTA...OREANA AND CISCO.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 138 AND 162.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 4005 8883 4004 8863 3994 8867 3988 8907
4005 8901
$$
SMITH777
WGUS73 KILX 280650
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
150 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016
ILC115-147-280700-
/O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0026.000000T0000Z-160828T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PIATT-MACON-
150 AM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL PIATT AND NORTHEASTERN
MACON COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 200 AM CDT...
FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 4005 8883 4004 8863 3994 8867 3988 8907
4005 8901
$$
SHIMONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 7:44 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Macon, Piatt | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 5:10 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Sangamon | 4 hr |
| Aug 28, 5:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 5 hr |
| Aug 28, 12:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon, Scott | 118 min |
| Aug 28, 3:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Knox | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Stark | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Richland | 46 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.