Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 2003, 9:40 PM CDT for Christian 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, 9:40 PM CDT (02:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2003, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Christian County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 85 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 120243 FFWILX ILC021-120900- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 940 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 400 AM CDT * AT 934 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS THE COUNTY. THE MOST CONCENTRATED AREA OF HEAVY RAINS WERE OCCURRING FROM NEAR EDINBURG SOUTH TO TAYLORVILLE AND MORRISONVILLE. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA OVER THE PAST HOUR. * THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THIS AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES BY 1100 PM...WHICH 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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE HOW MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. 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 3979 8922 3937 8903 3938 8953 3967 8947 $$ SMITH NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Logan, Macon, Sangamon | 6 hr |
| 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 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.