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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 13, 2016Clark County, Edgar County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2016, 5:10 PM CDT for Clark County, Edgar County, Illinois. It was in force for 4 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: Jul 13, 2016, 5:10 PM CDT (22:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 13, 2016, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Clark County, IL, Edgar County, IL

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 108 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1355 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1044 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

714 
WGUS53 KILX 132210
FFWILX
ILC023-045-140200-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0009.160713T2210Z-160714T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
510 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHERN EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 506 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
  BEGIN SHORTLY. RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
  HAS FALLEN OVER THIS AREA THE PAST FEW HOURS ESPECIALLY NEAR THE
  EDGAR AND CLARK COUNTY BORDER. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN
  IS EXPECTED THROUGH 9 PM ESPECIALLY OVER EDGAR COUNTY. FREQUENT
  LIGHTNING WILL ALSO OCCUR WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
  
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  PARIS...MARSHALL...KANSAS...BROCTON...VERMILION...REDMON...
  OLIVER...CLARKSVILLE...DENNISON...ISABEL...EDGAR COUNTY AIRPORT...
  BELL RIDGE...BORTON AND SANDFORD.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 70 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 140 AND 154.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. 

&&

LAT...LON 3936 8753 3934 8756 3942 8796 3971 8796
      3972 8753

$$

07

1 follow-up statement

882 
WGUS73 KILX 140201
FFSILX

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
901 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

ILC023-045-140211-
/O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160714T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CLARK-EDGAR-
901 PM CDT WED JUL 13 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN CLARK AND SOUTHERN EDGAR
COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO
LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY
REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3936 8753 3934 8756 3942 8796 3971 8796
      3972 8753

$$

ONTON

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, 4:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Knox	4 hr
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, 5:18 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

Nearby

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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.