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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 19, 2021Coles County, Douglas County, Edgar County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 2021, 1:53 AM CDT for Coles County, Douglas County, Edgar County, Illinois. It was in force for 5 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 19, 2021, 1:53 AM CDT (06:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2021, 6:30 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Coles County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:52 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 00:00Z on 2021-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2124 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2021-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2124 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1616 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
4.0

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The text

As transmitted.

737 
WGUS53 KILX 190653
FFWILX
ILC029-041-045-191130-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0005.210619T0653Z-210619T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
153 AM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021

The National Weather Service in Lincoln has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northeastern Coles County in east central Illinois...
  Southern Edgar County in east central Illinois...
  Southeastern Douglas County in east central Illinois...

* Until 630 AM CDT.

* At 152 AM 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, urban areas, 
           highways, streets and underpasses as well as other 
           drainage and low lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Paris, Oakland, Kansas, Ashmore, Brocton, Hindsboro, Redmon,
  Oliver, Rardin, Isabel, Bell Ridge and Borton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3948 8769 3949 8769 3948 8802 3977 8827
      3976 8774 3949 8753 3948 8753

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Deubelbeiss
1 follow-up statement
291 
WGUS73 KILX 190855
FFSILX

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
355 AM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021

ILC029-041-045-191130-
/O.CON.KILX.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210619T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Coles-Edgar-Douglas-
355 AM CDT Sat Jun 19 2021

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN COLES...SOUTHERN EDGAR AND SOUTHEASTERN DOUGLAS
COUNTIES...

At 354 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy 
rain across the warned area. Two to locally four inches of rain have 
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, urban areas, 
         highways, streets and underpasses as well as other drainage 
         and low lying areas.

Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Paris, Oakland, Kansas, Ashmore, Brocton, Hindsboro, Redmon, Oliver,
Rardin, Isabel, Bell Ridge and Borton.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3948 8769 3949 8769 3948 8802 3977 8827
      3976 8774 3949 8753 3948 8753

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Deubelbeiss

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 7:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXCrawford30 min
Jun 18, 7:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXMorgan23 min
Jun 18, 8:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXSangamon52 min
Jun 18, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSangamon38 min
Jun 18, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Sangamon47 min
Jun 18, 9:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXClark32 min
Jun 18, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Cumberland46 min
Jun 18, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXKnox, Peoria36 min
Jun 18, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Crawford25 min
Jun 18, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXKnox39 min
Jun 18, 11:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark46 min
Jun 18, 11:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Knox, Peoria43 min
Jun 18, 11:57 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton, Knox33 min
Jun 19, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell47 min
Jun 19, 12:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXClark6 hr
Jun 19, 12:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXFulton, Knox5 hr
Jun 19, 12:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, McLean, Mason, Tazewell38 min
Jun 19, 1:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, McLean, Tazewell41 min
Jun 19, 1:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean52 min
Jun 19, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEdgar46 min
Jun 19, 2:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean41 min
Jun 19, 3:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXChampaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion3 hr
Jun 19, 3:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementILXChampaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion53 min
Jun 19, 7:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Macon, Sangamon24 min
Jun 19, 7:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Macon, Shelby31 min
Jun 19, 10:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan, Sangamon41 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.