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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2016, 4:30 PM CDT for Knox County, Illinois. It was in force for 4 hr. 1 report 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
- Jul 13, 2016, 4:30 PM CDT (21:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2016, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Knox County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 6:18 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.8 | Knoxville, IL | LOW WATER CROSSINGS FLOODED |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 834 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 940 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
601 WGUS53 KILX 132130 FFWILX ILC095-140130- /O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0008.160713T2130Z-160714T0130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 430 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 830 PM CDT * AT 428 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ON SEVERAL STREETS IN GALESBURG AND KNOXVILLE. UP TO TWO AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... GALESBURG...KNOXVILLE...WATAGA...GILSON... EAST GALESBURG AND GALESBURG AIRPORT. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 74 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 44 AND 60. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 4086 9012 4082 9044 4096 9044 4111 9011 $$ SHIMON
1 follow-up statement
537 WGUS73 KILX 140028 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 728 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2016 ILC095-140038- /O.CAN.KILX.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160714T0130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KNOX- 728 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY IS CANCELLED... FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 4086 9012 4082 9044 4096 9044 4111 9011 $$ SHIMON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 8:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 37 min |
| Jul 13, 9:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | DeWitt | 26 min |
| Jul 13, 9:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Champaign | 43 min |
| Jul 13, 9:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | DeWitt | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 1:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Douglas | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 34 min |
| Jul 13, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Scott | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Mason, Schuyler | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 51 min |
| Jul 13, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar | 40 min |
| Jul 13, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Stark | 28 min |
| Jul 13, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Sangamon, Shelby | 51 min |
| Jul 13, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Menard, Sangamon | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, Woodford | 54 min |
| Jul 13, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby | 47 min |
| Jul 13, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Richland | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean, Macon, Piatt | 38 min |
| Jul 13, 5:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Edgar | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Woodford | 39 min |
| Jul 13, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 1 more | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 34 min |
| Jul 13, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 65 min |
| Jul 13, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford, Edgar, Lawrence | 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.