Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Lincoln, IL

Issued

Jul 10, 2003, 1:08 AM CDT (06:08 UTC)

Expired

Jul 10, 2003, 6:00 AM CDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Lincoln, IL

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties DeWitt County, IL, Logan County, IL, Mason County, IL, Piatt County, IL

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS53 KILX 100616
FFWILX
ILC039-107-125-147-101100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
108 AM CDT THU JUL 10 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DE WITT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  PIATT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  MASON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 600 AM CDT

* AT 104 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THE 
  INTENSE RAINFALL WHICH OCCURRED ACROSS THE AREA WAS BEGINNING
  TO DIMINISH. HOWEVER...EVEN THOUGH RAINFALL RATES WERE DECREASING
  ACROSS THE AREA...THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT HAS NOT. 3 HOURLY RAINFALL
  ESTIMATE RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS THE AREA...WHICH IS ADDING
  TO RAINFALL WHICH OCCURRED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE AREA. 
  LOCATIONS FROM MASON CITY TO LINCOLN TO FARMER CITY WERE IN THE 
  PATH OF THE MOST INTENSE RAINFALL WEDNESDAY EVENING AND EARLY THIS
  THURSDAY MORNING. 
  
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.

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 4033 8948 4028 8908 4027 8847 4003 8849
          4016 8930 4016 9018 4032 8997

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SMITH
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000 
WGUS73 KILX 100945
FFSILX
ILC019-039-107-113-125-147-183-203-101100-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
442 AM CDT THU JUL 10 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR WOODFORD...MCLEAN...
VERMILION...MASON...CHAMPAIGN...LOGAN...PIATT AND DE WITT COUNTIES
UNTIL 600 AM CDT...

AT 442 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THE HEAVY RAINS THAT PRODUCED THE WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS THE
AREA LAST NIGHT HAVE PUSHED AWAY FROM THE AREA. EVEN THOUGH THE
HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED...THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT IS NOT.

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.

$$

SMITH
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000 
WGUS73 KILX 101101
FFSILX
ILC039-107-125-147-101115-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
600 AM CDT THU JUL 10 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MASON...LOGAN...PIATT AND DE WITT
COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOOD THREAT HAS ENDED ACROSS THE 
WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE.


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

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