Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 2003, 6:12 PM CDT for Woodford 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, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2003, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 092314 FFWILX ILC203-100515- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 612 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WOODFORD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 1215 AM CDT * AT 606 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN MATAMORA TO EUREKA. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 430 PM. * THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WOODFORD COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES BY 800 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 4086 8896 4068 8912 4081 8950 4090 8944 $$ EH NNNN
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KILX 100116 FFSILX ILC203-100515- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 813 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WOODFORD COUNTY UNTIL 1215 AM CDT... AT 813 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS MOVING BACK INTO WOODFORD COUNTY. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STORMS THROUGH 10 PM. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF WOODFORD COUNTY WITH EARLIER RAINS. 2 TO 3 INCHES TOTAL RAINFALL HAS BEEN ESTIMATED ACROSS THE NORTH. THE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL LATER THIS EVENING WILL LIKELY BRING TOTAL AMOUNTS IN THE 4 TO 8 INCH RANGE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE HOW MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. $$ 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, 5:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | McLean | 6 hr |
| 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, 6:16 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.