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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 29, 2019Clark County, Crawford County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2019, 4:29 PM CDT for Clark County, Crawford County, Illinois. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 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: May 29, 2019, 4:29 PM CDT (21:29 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2019, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Clark County, IL, Crawford County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 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
May 29, 5:46 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 W West Union, IL	WATER FLOWING OVER ANGLING ROAD
May 29, 7:00 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	West Union, IL	FLOODING OCCURRING WITH UP TO A FEW FEET OF FLOWING WATER IN PARTS OF TOWN.
May 29, 10:00 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 6	West Union, IL	DELAYED REPORT- SIX INCHES OF RAIN IN 3 HOURS. FLASH FLOODING OCCURRED IN WEST UNION.

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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 132 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1016 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 174 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

726 
WGUS53 KILX 292129
FFWILX
ILC023-033-300330-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0013.190529T2129Z-190530T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
429 PM CDT Wed May 29 2019

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northwestern Crawford County in east central Illinois...
  Southern Clark County in east central Illinois...

* Until 1030 PM CDT Wednesday.

* At 428 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...
  Annapolis, West Union, York, Darwin, Orange, West York and Bellair.

LAT...LON 3919 8762 3917 8762 3915 8765 3914 8766
      3912 8764 3907 8795 3924 8795 3931 8762
      3930 8761 3926 8761 3925 8759 3925 8757
      3922 8757

$$

Deubelbeiss

1 follow-up statement

476 
WGUS73 KILX 292309
FFSILX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
609 PM CDT Wed May 29 2019

ILC023-033-300330-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-190530T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Crawford-Clark-
609 PM CDT Wed May 29 2019

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CRAWFORD AND SOUTHERN CLARK COUNTIES...

At 608 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy 
rain across the warned area. Doppler radar estimates that 4 to 6 
inches of rain have already fallen. Flash flooding is likely 
occurring.

Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Annapolis, West Union, York, Darwin, Orange, West York and Bellair. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3919 8762 3917 8762 3915 8765 3914 8766
      3912 8764 3907 8795 3924 8795 3931 8762
      3930 8761 3926 8761 3925 8759 3925 8757
      3922 8757

$$

Deubelbeiss

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox	49 min
May 28, 8:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox	8 hr
May 28, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox, Peoria, Stark	38 min
May 28, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Mason, Peoria, Schuyler, Tazewell	38 min
May 28, 8:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton, Logan, Marshall, Mason, Peoria, Stark and 2 more	6 hr
May 28, 9:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Mason, Menard, Peoria and 1 more	41 min
May 28, 9:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Marshall, Tazewell, Woodford	6 hr
May 28, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, McLean, Piatt	45 min
May 29, 3:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Clark	42 min
May 29, 4:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Clark	25 min
May 29, 4:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon	28 min
May 29, 5:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Cumberland	23 min
May 29, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Moultrie	34 min
May 29, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Macon, Moultrie, Shelby	32 min
May 29, 5:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Shelby	6 hr
May 29, 5:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Christian, Coles, Douglas, Morgan, Moultrie, Sangamon and 1 more	114 min
May 29, 6:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Clark	40 min
May 29, 6:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Effingham	38 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.