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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2003, 2:45 AM CDT for Champaign County, Vermilion 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
- Jul 6, 2003, 2:45 AM CDT (07:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2003, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Champaign County, IL, Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 060748 FFWILX ILC019-183-061330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 245 AM CDT SUN JUL 6 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 830 AM CDT * AT 238 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING TO MOVE OVER PORTIONS OF CHAMPAIGN AND VERMILION COUNTIES. 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED IN THE AREA SINCE 10 PM. * THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS 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 4047 8762 4004 8760 4002 8827 4037 8829 $$ GOETSCH NNNN
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KILX 060905 FFSILX ILC019-183-061330- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 403 AM CDT SUN JUL 6 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR VERMILION AND CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES UNTIL 830 AM CDT... AT 403 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE DIMINISHED OVER CHAMPAIGN AND VERMILION COUNTIES. 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 10 PM. ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL INTENSITY HAS DECREASED...THE FLOOD THREAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS...DUE TO RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING NEAR STREAMS...CREEKS AND NEARBY FARMLAND. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON COUNTY ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. NEVER CROSS AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADS. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. $$ BYRD NNNN
000 WGUS73 KILX 061137 FFSILX ILC019-183-061200- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 637 AM CDT SUN JUL 6 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR VERMILION AND CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOOD THREAT HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ BYRD 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 5, 11:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Douglas | 4 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
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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.