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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Oct 24, 2021, 5:00 PM CDT for Fulton County, Schuyler County, Illinois. It was in force for 3 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
- Oct 24, 2021, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 24, 2021, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Fulton County, IL, Schuyler County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 6:30 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Bryant, IL | WATER FLOWING OVER RT. 100. |
| Oct 24, 6:50 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 N Rushville, IL | VEHICLE SWEPT OFF ROAD AND DRIVER WAS RESCUED. NUMEROUS OTHER REPORTS OF FLOODING IN THE COUNTY ALONG THE LAMOINE RIVER BASIN. |
| Oct 24, 7:54 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 5 | Lewistown, IL | TOTAL RAIN SINCE 2 AM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 972 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
882
WGUS53 KILX 242200
FFWILX
ILC057-169-250100-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0034.211024T2200Z-211025T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
500 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021
The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Fulton County in west central Illinois...
Central Schuyler County in west central Illinois...
* Until 800 PM CDT.
* At 459 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 2 inches of rain have
fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 2 inches in 1 hour. Flash
flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Canton, Rushville, Lewistown, Cuba, Astoria, Vermont, St. David,
Ipava, Littleton, Table Grove, Dunfermline, Bernadotte, Bryant,
Banner, Camden, Duncan Mills, Ray and Little America.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 4011 9087 4028 9058 4028 9045 4036 9045
4062 9001 4062 8988 4051 8988 3998 9060
4000 9060 4002 9062 4003 9061 4002 9063
4005 9066 4005 9067 4008 9067 4008 9070
4009 9071 4010 9070
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
371 follow-up statement
175
WGUS73 KILX 250059
FFSILX
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
759 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021
ILC057-169-250109-
/O.EXP.KILX.FF.W.0034.000000T0000Z-211025T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Fulton IL-Schuyler IL-
759 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING AT 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR CENTRAL FULTON
AND CENTRAL SCHUYLER COUNTIES HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH A FLOOD
WARNING...
LAT...LON 4011 9087 4028 9058 4028 9045 4036 9045
4062 9001 4062 8988 4051 8988 3998 9060
4000 9060 4002 9062 4003 9061 4002 9063
4005 9066 4005 9067 4008 9067 4008 9070
4009 9071 4010 9070
$$
37The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 5:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 3 hr |
| Oct 24, 6:15 AM CDT | Flood Watch | ILX | Macon, Morgan, Sangamon, Scott | 20 hr |
| Oct 24, 10:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Piatt | 8 days |
| Oct 24, 3:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Fulton | 25 min |
| Oct 24, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Peoria | 30 min |
| Oct 24, 5:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | McLean | 51 min |
| Oct 24, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Morgan, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott | 51 min |
| Oct 24, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon, Scott | 49 min |
| Oct 24, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Scott | 24 min |
| Oct 24, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, McLean, Vermilion | 34 min |
| Oct 24, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon, Tazewell | 62 min |
| Oct 24, 6:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Scott | 3 hr |
| Oct 24, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Menard, Sangamon | 26 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.