Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2003, 11:43 PM CDT for Douglas County, Illinois. It was in force for 4 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
- Jul 5, 2003, 11:43 PM CDT (04:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2003, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Douglas County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 4874 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1335 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 13.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KILX 060444 FFWILX ILC041-060830- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1143 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... DOUGLAS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 330 AM CDT * AT 1140 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY...NEAR NEWMAN. 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 1030 PM. * THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS DOUGLAS COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 5 TO 6 INCHES BY 1 AM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. 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 3988 8825 3975 8826 3973 8798 3987 8796 $$ BYRD NNNN
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KILX 060545 FFSILX ILC041-045-060830- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1237 AM CDT SUN JUL 6 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EDGAR AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 330 AM CDT... AT 1237 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS NORTHERN EDGAR COUNTY... WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE BY 330 AM. BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 8 PM. ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL INTENSITY HAS DECREASED OVER DOUGLAS COUNTY...THE FLOOD THREAT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE HOW MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. $$ BYRD NNNN
000 WGUS73 KILX 060706 FFSILX ILC041-045-060830- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 205 AM CDT SUN JUL 6 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EDGAR AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES UNTIL 330 AM CDT... AT 200 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPMENT OVER PORTIONS OF EDGAR AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 5 AND 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN SINCE 8 PM. WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AROUND 1 INCH POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS ...THE FLOOD THREAT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION THROUGH 330 AM. 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. $$ GOETSCH NNNN
000 WGUS73 KILX 060830 FFSILX ILC041-045-060900- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 330 AM CDT SUN JUL 6 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EDGAR AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOOD THREAT HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ GOETSCH NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell | 62 min |
| Jul 5, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 58 min |
| Jul 5, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 64 min |
| Jul 5, 9:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Edgar | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Douglas | 57 min |
| Jul 5, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 64 min |
| Jul 6, 2:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 6 hr |
| Jul 6, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 64 min |
| Jul 6, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Piatt | 55 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003
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.