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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2018, 4:59 PM CDT for Schuyler County, Illinois. It was in force for 3 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
- May 26, 2018, 4:59 PM CDT (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2018, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Schuyler County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 2099 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
956 WGUS53 KILX 262159 FFWILX ILC169-270100- /O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0004.180526T2159Z-180527T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Lincoln IL 459 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2018 The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northwestern Schuyler County in west central Illinois... * Until 800 PM CDT * At 458 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen in the past hour. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Huntsville, Camden and Weinberg King State Park. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. && LAT...LON 4028 9091 4028 9079 4011 9066 4010 9091 $$ Bak
1 follow-up statement
379 WGUS73 KILX 270059 FFSILX Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Lincoln IL 759 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2018 ILC169-270108- /O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-180527T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Schuyler- 759 PM CDT SAT MAY 26 2018 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SCHUYLER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM CDT... The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures. LAT...LON 4028 9091 4028 9079 4011 9066 4010 9091 $$ Bak
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 4:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Schuyler | 30 min |
| May 26, 10:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Morgan | 50 min |
| May 26, 10:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Morgan | 3 hr |
| May 26, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Schuyler | 64 min |
| May 26, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 53 min |
| May 26, 5:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Knox | 56 min |
| May 26, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 46 min |
| May 26, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 57 min |
| May 26, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox | 19 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.