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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 2003, 7:01 PM CDT for Logan County, Macon County, Sangamon 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 11, 2003, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2003, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Sangamon County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 467 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1056 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KILX 120007 RRA
FFWILX
ILC107-115-167-120600-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
701 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
NORTHERN MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 100 AM CDT
* AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG A LINE FROM SPRINGFIELD TO
CORNLAND TO MAROA SINCE 6 PM.
* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ALONG A LINE
FROM SPRINGFIELD TO CORNLAND TO MAROA THROUGH 8 PM. THE HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE
TO THE EFFECTS OF FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
AREAS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE.
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 4005 8885 3999 8879 3976 8959 3997 8963
4005 8932
$$
BAK
NNNNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 7:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Piatt, Sangamon | 57 min |
| Jun 11, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 58 min |
| Jun 11, 7:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Piatt | 6 hr |
| Jun 11, 9:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Christian | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 12:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 3 hr |
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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.