Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Lincoln, IL

Issued

Jul 9, 2003, 1:25 PM CDT (18:25 UTC)

Expired

Jul 9, 2003, 7:30 PM 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 Lincoln radar (KILX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS53 KILX 091827
FFWILX
ILC019-183-100030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
125 PM CDT WED JUL 9 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 730 PM CDT

* AT 118 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF CHAMPAIGN AND 
  VERMILION COUNTIES. THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 11 AM.

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THIS 
  AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM THREE TO FOUR INCHES 
  BY 230 PM. 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.

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 4029 8841 3999 8843 4005 8754 4031 8755
          4030 8792

$$

BARKER

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000 
WGUS73 KILX 092012
FFSILX
ILC019-183-100030-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
309 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR VERMILION AND CHAMPAIGN
COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...

AT 309 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS CHAMPAIGN AND VERMILION COUNTIES.
HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
INTO THE EARLY EVENING AND THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING WILL PERSIST.

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.

$$

BARKER

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000 
WGUS73 KILX 092114
FFSILX
ILC019-183-092130-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
412 PM CDT WED JUL 9 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. 

MORE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT ACROSS THE REGION. A FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES TONIGHT. BE ALERT
FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL FLOODING.

$$

PLAHMER

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Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003

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.