Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2018
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 2018, 8:14 PM CDT for Effingham 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
- Jun 19, 2018, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2018, 11:48 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Effingham County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1617 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
980 WGUS53 KILX 200114 FFWILX ILC049-200715- /O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0013.180620T0114Z-180620T0715Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Lincoln IL 814 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2018 The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southern Effingham County in south central Illinois... * Until 215 AM CDT Wednesday * At 813 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Altamont, Watson, Edgewood, Mason, Elliotstown, Altamont Reservoir and Heartville. This includes the following highways... Interstate 57 between mile markers 143 and 155. Interstate 70 between mile markers 79 and 86. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. && LAT...LON 3908 8880 3906 8842 3891 8841 3891 8881 $$ SB
1 follow-up statement
323 WGUS73 KILX 200448 FFSILX Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Lincoln IL 1148 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2018 ILC049-200455- /O.CAN.KILX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-180620T0715Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Effingham- 1148 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2018 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IS CANCELLED... The heavy rain has ended. Local law enforcement officials reported the water has started to recede. Flash flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures. LAT...LON 3908 8880 3906 8842 3891 8841 3891 8881 $$ Smith
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 7:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 1 more | 64 min |
| Jun 19, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper | 45 min |
| Jun 19, 8:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clay, Richland | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 9:39 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 3 days |
| Jun 20, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Woodford | 40 min |
| Jun 20, 5:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Knox | 67 min |
| Jun 20, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Schuyler | 56 min |
| Jun 20, 6:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Peoria, Stark | 41 min |
| Jun 20, 6:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Fulton | 52 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.