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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 21, 2020Schuyler County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 21, 2020, 2:39 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
Jun 21, 2020, 2:39 PM CDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2020, 5:45 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), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2020-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 807 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2020-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
807 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
896 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted.

454 
WGUS53 KILX 211939
FFWILX
ILC169-212245-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0013.200621T1939Z-200621T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
239 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2020

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northwestern Schuyler County in west central Illinois...

* Until 545 PM CDT.

* At 238 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 ongoing or expected to begin
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, highways, streets 
           and underpasses as well as other drainage and low lying 
           areas.

* 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 9089 4028 9079 4027 9069 4010 9070
      4011 9072 4010 9090 4029 9091

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-3 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

Barker
1 follow-up statement
226 
WGUS73 KILX 212237
FFSILX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
537 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2020

ILC169-212247-
/O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-200621T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Schuyler-
537 PM CDT Sun Jun 21 2020

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN SCHUYLER COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 545 PM CDT...

The heavy rain has ended and flood waters are receded. Flooding is 
no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any 
remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 4028 9089 4028 9079 4027 9069 4010 9070
      4011 9072 4010 9090 4029 9091

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 4:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXStark34 min
Jun 21, 4:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXLivingston27 min
Jun 21, 5:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMarshall36 min
Jun 21, 5:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXLivingston33 min
Jun 21, 6:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMcLean26 min
Jun 21, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean38 min
Jun 21, 6:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXWoodford3 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.