Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 7, 2016, 6:35 PM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 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
- Sep 7, 2016, 6:35 PM CDT (23:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2016, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cass County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Mason County, IL, Schuyler County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 7:12 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.52 | Astoria, IL | . |
| Sep 7, 7:12 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.52 | Astoria, IL | . THE DURATION OF THE HEAVY RAIN EVENT WAS 2 HOURS. |
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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 797 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1073 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
676 WGUS53 KILX 072335 FFWILX ILC017-057-125-169-080230- /O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0030.160907T2335Z-160908T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 635 PM CDT WED SEP 7 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHEASTERN SCHUYLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... SOUTHWESTERN FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHWEST CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 930 PM CDT * AT 632 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AN AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGE JUST NORTHWEST OF BROWNING REPORTED 2.58 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST COUPLE HOURS...AND RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1.5 TO 2 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN MUCH OF SOUTHERN FULTON COUNTY SOUTH OF A VERMONT TO HAVANA LINE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AROUND AN INCH IS EXPECTED OVER SOUTHWEST MASON COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... HAVANA...ASTORIA...BATH...KILBOURNE...BROWNING...FREDERICK...BLUFF CITY... CHATAUQUA PARK...SNICARTE AND MARBLETOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4034 9003 4016 8999 4003 9045 4027 9045 $$ GEELHART
2 follow-up statements
093 WGUS73 KILX 080140 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 840 PM CDT WED SEP 7 2016 ILC017-057-125-169-080230- /O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-160908T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MASON-SCHUYLER-FULTON-CASS- 840 PM CDT WED SEP 7 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN MASON...SOUTHEASTERN SCHUYLER...SOUTHWESTERN FULTON AND NORTH CENTRAL CASS COUNTIES... AT 838 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...ANOTHER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA IN ABOUT 30 MINS AND SHOULD BRING MORE HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... HAVANA...ASTORIA...BATH...KILBOURNE...BROWNING...FREDERICK... BLUFF CITY...CHATAUQUA PARK...SNICARTE AND MARBLETOWN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4034 9003 4016 8999 4003 9045 4027 9045 $$ AUTEN
547 WGUS73 KILX 080229 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 929 PM CDT WED SEP 7 2016 ILC017-057-125-169-080239- /O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-160908T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MASON-SCHUYLER-FULTON-CASS- 929 PM CDT WED SEP 7 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MASON...SOUTHEASTERN SCHUYLER...SOUTHWESTERN FULTON AND NORTH CENTRAL CASS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 930 PM CDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 4034 9003 4016 8999 4003 9045 4027 9045 $$ AUTEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 4:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Peoria, Stark | 47 min |
| Sep 7, 5:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Fulton, Mason | 46 min |
| Sep 7, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Woodford | 36 min |
| Sep 7, 5:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Fulton, Mason, Schuyler | 116 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.