Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 2003, 5:33 PM CDT for McLean 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 9, 2003, 5:33 PM CDT (22:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2003, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County McLean County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 48 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
- 279 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 874 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 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 092236 FFWILX ILC113-100430- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 533 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 1130 PM CDT * AT 532 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR LEXINGTON. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 400 PM. * THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MCLEAN COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES BY 700 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. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO WASH MOST VEHICLES AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 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 4056 8919 4039 8888 4035 8851 4071 8877 $$ EH NNNN
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KILX 100032 FFSILX ILC113-100430- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 732 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MCLEAN COUNTY UNTIL 1130 PM CDT... AT 725 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS ALL OF MCLEAN COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL SINCE 630 PM. SINCE THE RAINFALL STARTED THIS AFTERNOON...RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER OVER 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM CARLOCK AND COLFAX...WITH 2 TO 5 INCHES COUNTYWIDE. AT 730 PM...MCLEAN COUNTY ESTIMATES TWO BASEMENT WALLS COLLAPSED NORTH OF NORMAL DUE TO FLOODING. ESDA ALSO REPORTS WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE EFFECTS OF FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED AREAS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. $$ PLAHMER NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 61 min |
| Jul 8, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Mason | 66 min |
| Jul 8, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Menard | 63 min |
| Jul 8, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Sangamon | 30 min |
| Jul 8, 11:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 51 min |
| Jul 8, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 11:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 58 min |
| Jul 9, 1:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 25 min |
| Jul 9, 2:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Edgar | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 55 min |
| Jul 9, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 50 min |
| Jul 9, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Woodford | 65 min |
| Jul 9, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 61 min |
| Jul 9, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 59 min |
| Jul 9, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Champaign | 63 min |
| Jul 9, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Piatt | 41 min |
| Jul 9, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 65 min |
| Jul 9, 5:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 52 min |
| Jul 9, 6:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Woodford | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Woodford | 59 min |
| Jul 9, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt | 55 min |
| Jul 9, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton | 66 min |
| Jul 9, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 62 min |
| Jul 9, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Piatt | 56 min |
| Jul 9, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Edgar | 62 min |
| Jul 9, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Douglas | 63 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.