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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 10, 2016, 5:35 AM CDT for Christian County, Shelby County, 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
- Sep 10, 2016, 5:35 AM CDT (10:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 10, 2016, 9:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Christian County, IL, Shelby County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 6:45 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.43 | Pana, IL | 24 HOUR RAINFALL. |
| Sep 10, 6:45 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.43 | Pana, IL | 24 HOUR RAINFALL. THE REPORTED OBSERVER LOCATION WAS PANA. |
| Sep 10, 7:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.77 | 2 Ese Pana, IL | COCORAHS STATION 2 E PANA /IL-CN-8/. |
| Sep 10, 7:00 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.25 | 3 S Assumption, IL | COCORAHS STATION 3 S ASSUMPTION /IL-CN-3/. |
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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 86 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
- 237 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
711 WGUS53 KILX 101035 FFWILX ILC021-173-101430- /O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0033.160910T1035Z-160910T1430Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 535 AM CDT SAT SEP 10 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 930 AM CDT * AT 532 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN FROM JUST SOUTH OF MORRISONVILLE TO OWANECO TO ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MOWEAQUA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... TAYLORVILLE...PANA...ASSUMPTION...MORRISONVILLE...ROSAMOND... OWANECO...PALMER AND VANDERVILLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3965 8882 3938 8901 3935 8953 3945 8953 $$ SMITH
1 follow-up statement
729 WGUS73 KILX 101431 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 931 AM CDT SAT SEP 10 2016 ILC021-173-101437- /O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160910T1430Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHRISTIAN-SHELBY- 931 AM CDT SAT SEP 10 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN AND NORTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 930 AM CDT... THE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS ENDED OVER SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN AND NORTHWESTERN SHELBY COUNTIES AROUND 630 AM. FLOODING HAS RECEDED BY MID MORNING AND IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. STILL BE CAUTIOUS OF ANY DEBRIS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN WASHED UP ON LOW LYING ROADS FROM HIGHER WATERS EARLIER THIS MORNING. LAT...LON 3965 8882 3938 8901 3935 8953 3945 8953 $$ 07
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 30 min |
| Sep 9, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Clark | 32 min |
| Sep 10, 4:17 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Clay, Effingham | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 5:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie, Piatt, Vermilion | 3 hr |
| Sep 10, 7:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 4 hr |
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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.