Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 18, 2003, 2:59 AM CDT for Champaign 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 18, 2003, 2:59 AM CDT (07:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2003, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Champaign County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- 2256 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1630 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KILX 180803 FFWILX ILC019-181400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 259 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 900 AM CDT * AT 255 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR RANTOUL. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE MIDNIGHT ACROSS PARTS OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY. * THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CHAMPAIGN COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES BY 600 AM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. 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 4037 8839 3991 8843 3992 8798 4038 8795 $$ EH NNNN
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KILX 181207 FFSILX ILC019-181230- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 708 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CHAMPAIGN COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOOD THREAT HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. $$ PLAHMER NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 10:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 63 min |
| Jul 17, 11:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Vermilion | 57 min |
| Jul 18, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 35 min |
| Jul 18, 2:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 44 min |
| Jul 18, 3:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan | 53 min |
| Jul 18, 3:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason | 66 min |
| Jul 18, 4:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 64 min |
| Jul 18, 4:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 60 min |
| Jul 18, 4:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 56 min |
| Jul 18, 5:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian | 52 min |
| Jul 18, 5:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason | 58 min |
| Jul 18, 5:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass | 61 min |
| Jul 18, 5:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Menard | 37 min |
| Jul 18, 5:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Shelby | 49 min |
| Jul 18, 5:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Scott | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 6:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian | 45 min |
| Jul 18, 6:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Christian, Logan | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 6:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 6:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 60 min |
| Jul 18, 7:05 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Scott | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 7:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 38 min |
| Jul 18, 7:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Schuyler, Scott | 57 min |
| Jul 18, 8:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Sangamon, Scott | 59 min |
| Jul 18, 8:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Shelby | 6 hr |
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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.