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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at May 28, 2016, 8:24 PM CDT for Mason 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
- May 28, 2016, 8:24 PM CDT (01:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2016, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Mason County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 122 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
- 1162 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1385 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 3.8
The text
As transmitted.
782
WGUS53 KILX 290124
FFWILX
ILC125-290430-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0005.160529T0124Z-160529T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
824 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
* AT 823 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HAVANA...MANITO...FOREST CITY...TOPEKA...GOOFY RIDGE AND CHATAUQUA
PARK.
LAT...LON 4022 9016 4024 9012 4026 9011 4029 9008
4037 9004 4039 8999 4044 8992 4044 8972
4032 8971 4020 9017 4021 9017
$$
BAK1 follow-up statement
178
WGUS73 KILX 290325
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1025 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016
ILC125-290333-
/O.CAN.KILX.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160529T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MASON-
1025 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN MASON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. STANDING WATER AND MORE THAN 2.00 INCHES
OF RAIN WAS REPORTED IN HAVANA. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO
POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 4022 9016 4024 9012 4026 9011 4029 9008
4037 9004 4039 8999 4044 8992 4044 8972
4032 8971 4020 9017 4021 9017
$$
MILLERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Mason | 29 min |
| May 28, 7:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Mason, Tazewell | 28 min |
| May 28, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason, Tazewell | 23 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.