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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 9, 2016, 6:37 PM CDT for Vermilion County, 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 9, 2016, 6:37 PM CDT (23:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 9, 2016, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 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 9, 7:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.68 | 4 S Armstrong, IL | MESONET STATION 4 S ARMSTRONG /C7268/. THE DURATION OF THE HEAVY RAIN EVENT WAS 6 HOURS. |
| Sep 9, 7:45 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.68 | 4 S Armstrong, IL | MESONET STATION 4 S ARMSTRONG /C7268/. THE DURATION OF THE HEAVY RAIN EVENT WAS 6 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 67 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
- 61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 781 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
056
WGUS53 KILX 092337
FFWILX
ILC183-100230-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0032.160909T2337Z-160910T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
637 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* AT 636 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...
DANVILLE...OAKWOOD...ROSSVILLE...POTOMAC...FITHIAN...MUNCIE...
BISMARCK...HENNING...VERMILION COUNTY AIRPORT...COLLISON...
ALVIN AND MIDDLE FORK WILDLIFE AREA.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 198 AND 207.
LAT...LON 4008 8794 4022 8794 4023 8793 4028 8793
4044 8753 4019 8753
$$
BAK1 follow-up statement
702
WGUS73 KILX 100225
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
925 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016
ILC183-100235-
/O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-160910T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
VERMILION-
925 PM CDT FRI SEP 9 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL VERMILION COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 930 PM CDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 4008 8794 4022 8794 4023 8793 4028 8793
4044 8753 4019 8753
$$
AUTENThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2:15 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland and 21 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 9, 5:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign | 3 hr |
| Sep 9, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign | 36 min |
| Sep 9, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark, Cumberland | 52 min |
| Sep 9, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 35 min |
| Sep 9, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.