Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2019
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS St. Louis, MO
NWS St. Louis, MO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 2019, 2:14 AM CDT for Bond County, Fayette County, Madison County, Illinois. It was in force for 8 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 13, 2019, 2:14 AM CDT (07:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2019, 10:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS St. Louis, MO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bond County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Madison County, IL
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:17 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 2221 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 827 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 293 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.3
- Supercell composite
- 19.6
The text
As transmitted.
531
WGUS53 KLSX 130714
FFWLSX
ILC005-051-119-131515-
/O.NEW.KLSX.FF.W.0039.190813T0714Z-190813T1515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service St Louis MO
214 AM CDT Tue Aug 13 2019
The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northern Bond County in south central Illinois...
Northeastern Madison County in southwestern Illinois...
Central Fayette County in south central Illinois...
* Until 1015 AM CDT Tuesday.
* At 214 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to
begin shortly.
This includes the following streams and drainages...Elm Point
Branch...East Fork Silver Creek...Hickory Creek...Richland Creek...
Ash Creek...Ramsey Creek...Walnut Creek...Sherry Creek...Old Hickory
Creek...Suck Creek...Little Silver Creek...Gilham Creek...South Fork
Kaskaskia River...Dorris Creek...Raccoon Creek...Bearcat Creek...
Hoffman Creek...East Fork Shoal Creek...Moccasin Creek...Stone
Creek...Wolf Creek...Dismal Creek...Little Creek...Little Hickory
Creek...Flat Creek...Little Dry Fork...Cedar Creek...Lake Fork...
Hurricane Creek and East Fork Kaskaskia River.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 70 in Illinois between exits 52 and 76.
Interstate 55 in Illinois between exits 33 and 37.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3891 8944 3889 8985 3895 8991 3903 8943
3903 8925 3906 8925 3913 8881 3891 8881
3892 8871 3888 8869
$$
Gosselin1 follow-up statement
640
WGUS73 KLSX 130940
FFSLSX
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service St Louis MO
440 AM CDT Tue Aug 13 2019
ILC005-051-119-131515-
/O.CON.KLSX.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-190813T1515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Bond IL-Madison IL-Fayette IL-
440 AM CDT Tue Aug 13 2019
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 AM CDT FOR
NORTHERN BOND COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...NORTHEASTERN MADISON
COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTIES IN SOUTH
CENTRAL ILLINOIS...
At 440 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms had produced
heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to
begin shortly.
This includes the following streams and drainages...Elm Point
Branch...East Fork Silver Creek...Hickory Creek...Richland Creek...
Ash Creek...Ramsey Creek...Walnut Creek...Sherry Creek...Old Hickory
Creek...Suck Creek...Little Silver Creek...Gilham Creek...South Fork
Kaskaskia River...Dorris Creek...Raccoon Creek...Bearcat Creek...
Hoffman Creek...East Fork Shoal Creek...Moccasin Creek...Stone
Creek...Wolf Creek...Dismal Creek...Little Creek...Little Hickory
Creek...Flat Creek...Little Dry Fork...Cedar Creek...Lake Fork...
Hurricane Creek and East Fork Kaskaskia River.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 70 in Illinois between exits 52 and 76.
Interstate 55 in Illinois between exits 33 and 37.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3891 8944 3889 8985 3895 8991 3903 8943
3903 8925 3906 8925 3913 8881 3891 8881
3892 8871 3888 8869
$$
GosselinThe office that day
Everything else NWS St. Louis, MO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Calhoun, Jersey | 28 min |
| Aug 12, 10:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Madison | 37 min |
| Aug 13, 2:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Madison | 42 min |
| Aug 13, 3:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Bond, Clinton | 39 min |
| Aug 13, 3:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion | 62 min |
| Aug 13, 3:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LSX | Bond, Clinton, Fayette, Marion | 6 hr |
| Aug 13, 5:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LSX | Randolph | 46 min |
| Aug 13, 5:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LSX | Monroe, Saint Clair | 3 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.