Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2018
Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Sep 8, 2018, 1:40 PM CDT for 5 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 4 hr. 11 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
- Sep 8, 2018, 1:40 PM CDT (18:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2018, 6:07 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Clay County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Richland County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:41 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2:50 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Lawrenceville, IL | SIX TO EIGHT INCHES OF WATER COVERING 4TH STREET BETWEEN STATE STREET AND JEFFERSON STREET IN LAWRENCEVILLE |
| Sep 8, 2:50 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 6.5 | Olney, IL | PUBLIC REPORT VIA TWITTER |
| Sep 8, 2:50 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 6.5 | Olney, IL | PUBLIC REPORT VIA TWITTER. |
| Sep 8, 3:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Se Clay City, IL | MANY COUNTY ROADS FLOODED IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST CLAY COUNTY. SIGNS ARE BEING POSTED. |
| Sep 8, 3:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.5 | Robinson, IL | SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT |
| Sep 8, 3:04 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 W Olney, IL | MANY COUNTY ROADS ARE COVERED WITH WATER. HWY 250 FLOODED BY OLNEY AIRPORT AND NEAR THE HIGH SCHOOL. |
| Sep 8, 3:06 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 S Newton, IL | WATER COVERING MANY ROADS IN JASPER COUNTY - INCLUDING STATE HWY 130 SOUTH OF NEWTON AND STATE HWY 33 EAST OF NEWTON. |
| Sep 8, 3:10 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 S Lawrenceville, IL | MANY COUNTY ROADS FLOODED ACROSS LAWRENCE COUNTY - INCLUDING IN THE CITY OF LAWRENCEVILLE |
| Sep 8, 3:12 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 W Robinson, IL | MANY COUNTY ROADS ARE FLOODED. |
| Sep 8, 5:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 6.03 | 3 W Birds, IL | |
| Sep 8, 5:00 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 6.58 | 3 Nw Hutsonville, IL | RAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT |
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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 514 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
424
WGUS53 KILX 081840
FFWILX
ILC025-033-079-101-159-090045-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0032.180908T1840Z-180909T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
140 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2018
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Lawrence County in southeastern Illinois...
Crawford County in east central Illinois...
Jasper County in southeastern Illinois...
Richland County in southeastern Illinois...
Eastern Clay County in south central Illinois...
* Until 745 PM CDT Saturday.
* At 139 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Rainfall rates of 4 inches per
hour in southeast Clay County and southwest Richland County. Flash
flooding is expected to begin shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Vincennes, Olney, Robinson, Flora, Lawrenceville, Newton, Sumner,
Oblong, Palestine, Clay City, St. Francisville, Noble, Hutsonville,
Flat Rock, Ste. Marie, Willow Hill, Parkersburg, Claremont, Calhoun
and Sailor Springs.
LAT...LON 3857 8814 3860 8816 3861 8848 3906 8827
3915 8765 3912 8763 3911 8765 3906 8757
3899 8758 3896 8751 3890 8752 3889 8754
3886 8755 3879 8750 3869 8752 3866 8760
3859 8762 3857 8765
$$
Shimon2 follow-up statements
809
WGUS73 KILX 082032
FFSILX
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
332 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2018
ILC025-033-079-101-159-090045-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-180909T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Lawrence-Crawford-Jasper-Richland-Clay-
332 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2018
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
LAWRENCE...CRAWFORD...JASPER...RICHLAND AND EASTERN CLAY COUNTIES...
At 330 PM CDT, local law enforcement reported many flooded roads in
the warning area. Radar indicated rainfall amounts of 3 inches to as
much as 8 inches heavy rain in the warning area. Flash flooding is
already occurring.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Vincennes, Olney, Robinson, Flora, Lawrenceville, Newton, Sumner,
Oblong, Palestine, Clay City, St. Francisville, Noble, Hutsonville,
Flat Rock, Ste. Marie, Willow Hill, Parkersburg, Claremont, Calhoun
and Sailor Springs.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.
&&
LAT...LON 3857 8814 3860 8816 3861 8848 3906 8827
3915 8765 3912 8763 3911 8765 3906 8757
3899 8758 3896 8751 3890 8752 3889 8754
3886 8755 3879 8750 3869 8752 3866 8760
3859 8762 3857 8765
$$
Shimon231
WGUS73 KILX 082307
FFSILX
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
607 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2018
ILC025-033-079-101-159-082315-
/O.CAN.KILX.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-180909T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Lawrence-Crawford-Jasper-Richland-Clay-
607 PM CDT SAT SEP 8 2018
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LAWRENCE...CRAWFORD...JASPER...
RICHLAND AND EASTERN CLAY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The heavy rain has ended. Flash flooding is no longer expected to
pose a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3857 8814 3860 8816 3861 8848 3906 8827
3915 8765 3912 8763 3911 8765 3906 8757
3899 8758 3896 8751 3890 8752 3889 8754
3886 8755 3879 8750 3869 8752 3866 8760
3859 8762 3857 8765
$$
BakThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 2:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 6 hr |
| Sep 8, 3:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Jasper | 4 hr |
| Sep 8, 5:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Crawford | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 7:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Lawrence | 3 hr |
| Sep 8, 9:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Clay, Crawford, Effingham, Jasper, Lawrence and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 8, 10:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper | 18 hr |
| Sep 8, 6:17 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Crawford, Effingham, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 12 hr |
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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.