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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 10, 2003Crawford County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2003, 7:30 PM CDT for Crawford County, Illinois. It was in force for 6 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 10, 2003, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2003, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Crawford County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 2003-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1359 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 2003-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 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
1359 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
706 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KILX 110033
FFWILX
ILC033-110600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
730 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN 2 MILES SOUTH OF OBLONG OR 5 MILES WEST
  OF NEW HEBRON. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE
  600 PM.

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS         
  SOUTHERN CRAWFORD COUNTY.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM
  2 TO 5 INCHES BY 900 PM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY
  PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.


MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR
VEHICLE INTO AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A
FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO WASH MOST VEHICLES AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN
RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY
TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

LAT...LON 3898 8792 3888 8778 3891 8763 3915 8772

$$

EH

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClay41 min
Jun 11, 6:19 PM CDTTornado WarningILXSangamon56 min
Jun 11, 6:23 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt, Logan, Macon, Piatt52 min
Jun 11, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Vermilion61 min
Jun 11, 6:48 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMorgan57 min

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.