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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 2016, 5:15 PM CDT for Champaign 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
- May 31, 2016, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2016, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Champaign County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 5:25 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.15 | Champaign, IL | RAINFALL THE PAST 45 MINUTES |
| May 31, 5:45 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Champaign, IL | FLASH FLOODING SEEN ON SEVERAL ROADS INCLUDING WINDSOR...NORTH PROSPECT...AND ST MARYS VIADUCT. |
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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 30 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
- 318 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -100 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted.
570 WGUS53 KILX 312215 FFWILX ILC019-010115- /O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0006.160531T2215Z-160601T0115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 515 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 815 PM CDT * AT 514 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A FOOT OF STANDING WATER ON BRADLEY ROAD IN CHAMPAIGN. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CHAMPAIGN...URBANA...SAVOY AND MAHOMET. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 231 AND 243. INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 180 AND 182. INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 175 AND 185. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 4006 8817 4005 8835 4022 8835 4022 8818 $$ SHIMON
2 follow-up statements
110 WGUS73 KILX 312247 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 547 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016 ILC019-010115- /O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160601T0115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHAMPAIGN- 547 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR CENTRAL CHAMPAIGN COUNTY... AT 545 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ON SEVERAL ROADS IN CHAMPAIGN...INCLUDING WINDSOR...NORTH PROSPECT...AND THE ST. MARYS VIADUCT. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CHAMPAIGN. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 57 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 231 AND 243. INTERSTATE 72 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 180 AND 182. INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 175 AND 185. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 4006 8817 4005 8835 4022 8835 4022 8818 $$ SHIMON
893 WGUS73 KILX 010058 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 758 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016 ILC019-010107- /O.CAN.KILX.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160601T0115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHAMPAIGN- 758 PM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IS CANCELLED... FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 4006 8817 4005 8835 4022 8835 4022 8818 $$ SHIMON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign | 24 min |
| May 30, 7:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign | 13 min |
| May 31, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Woodford | 33 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.