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Areal Flood Advisory 21, NWS Lincoln, IL

August 8, 2021McLean County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this areal flood advisory at Aug 8, 2021, 4:45 PM CDT for McLean County, Illinois. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 2021, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon

County McLean County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 50 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2021-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 310 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2021-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
310 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-97 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1165 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

886 
WGUS83 KILX 082145
FLSILX

Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
445 PM CDT Sun Aug 8 2021

ILC113-082345-
/O.NEW.KILX.FA.Y.0021.210808T2145Z-210808T2345Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
McLean IL-
445 PM CDT Sun Aug 8 2021

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a

* Urban and Small Stream Flood Advisory for...
  Central McLean County in central Illinois...

* Until 645 PM CDT.

* At 445 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to 
  thunderstorms. This will cause urban and small stream flooding. 
  Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Bloomington, Normal, Towanda and Bloomington Airport.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4043 8905 4045 8889 4057 8891 4054 8907

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 2:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMcLean24 min
Aug 8, 3:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMcLean30 min
Aug 8, 4:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMorgan31 min
Aug 8, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMenard36 min
Aug 8, 5:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXWoodford28 min
Aug 8, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, Mason, Menard25 min
Aug 8, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean, Tazewell, Woodford46 min
Aug 8, 5:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXSangamon31 min
Aug 8, 5:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMcLean3 hr
Aug 8, 5:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXSangamon29 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.