Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2019
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 18, 2019, 5:40 PM CDT for Edgar 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
- Aug 18, 2019, 5:40 PM CDT (22:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2019, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Edgar County, IL
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 1407 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1396 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
591
WGUS53 KILX 182240
FFWILX
ILC045-190145-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0039.190818T2240Z-190819T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
540 PM CDT Sun Aug 18 2019
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northeastern Edgar County in east central Illinois...
* Until 845 PM CDT.
* At 540 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have
already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Chrisman and Scottland.
Additional rainfall amounts of up to an inch are possible in the
warned area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3976 8753 3977 8772 3988 8774 3988 8762
3987 8761 3987 8757 3988 8757 3988 8754
3983 8753
$$
371 follow-up statement
654
WGUS73 KILX 190010
FFSILX
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
710 PM CDT Sun Aug 18 2019
ILC045-190145-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-190819T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Edgar-
710 PM CDT Sun Aug 18 2019
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN EDGAR COUNTY...
At 709 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated rainfall of up to three
inches has fallen in the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to
begin continue this evening.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Chrisman and Scottland.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3976 8753 3977 8772 3984 8773 3988 8762
3987 8761 3987 8757 3988 8757 3988 8754
3983 8753
$$
37The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 7:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clay | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay | 39 min |
| Aug 17, 8:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Effingham | 42 min |
| Aug 17, 9:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Clark | 32 min |
| Aug 17, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark | 28 min |
| Aug 18, 3:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Vermilion | 64 min |
| Aug 18, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 58 min |
| Aug 18, 5:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 54 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.