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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 28, 2016, 3:31 PM CDT for Marshall County, Peoria County, Stark 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
- Aug 28, 2016, 3:31 PM CDT (20:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Marshall County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Stark County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 1238 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 797 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
716 WGUS53 KILX 282031 FFWILX ILC123-143-175-282330- /O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0028.160828T2031Z-160828T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 331 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN PEORIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN STARK COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 630 PM CDT * AT 331 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CHILLICOTHE...PRINCEVILLE...ROME...WYOMING...DUNCAN... MONICA AND LAWN RIDGE. 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 4106 8947 4089 8949 4089 8990 4106 8988 $$ BARNES
2 follow-up statements
102 WGUS73 KILX 282208 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 508 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016 ILC123-143-175-282330- /O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160828T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PEORIA-STARK-MARSHALL- 508 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN PEORIA...SOUTHEASTERN STARK AND SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTIES... AT 505 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING AS MUCH AS 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CHILLICOTHE...PRINCEVILLE...ROME...WYOMING...DUNCAN...MONICA AND LAWN RIDGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4106 8947 4089 8949 4089 8990 4106 8988 $$ ONTON
885 WGUS73 KILX 282327 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 627 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016 ILC123-143-175-282334- /O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160828T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PEORIA-STARK-MARSHALL- 627 PM CDT SUN AUG 28 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN PEORIA...SOUTHEASTERN STARK AND SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM CDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 4106 8947 4089 8949 4089 8990 4106 8988 $$ SMITH
The 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 27, 8:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Macon, Piatt | 6 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, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Richland | 46 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.