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Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 18, 2003, 6:45 AM CDT for Schuyler 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, 6:45 AM CDT (11:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2003, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Schuyler County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 2939 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1455 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 11.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KILX 181147 FFWILX ILC169-181800- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 645 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SCHUYLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 100 PM CDT * AT 640 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS SCHUYLER COUNTY OVERNIGHT. UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 430 AM. * THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SCHUYLER COUNTY THIS MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES BY 10 AM. 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 4027 9047 4007 9045 4012 9092 4028 9093 $$ PLAHMER NNNN
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KILX 181236 FFSILX ILC169-181800- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 735 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SCHUYLER COUNTY UNTIL 100 PM CDT... AT 732 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS ALL OF SCHUYLER COUNTY. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 430 AM. RADAR SHOWS THAT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ACROSS SCHUYLER COUNTY THROUGH 10 AM. 5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AT LOCATIONS MAINLY ALONG A LINE FROM BROOKLYN TO RUSHVILLE TO RIPLEY AND BEARDSTOWN...WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE COUNTYWIDE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION TAKE IMMEDIATE STEPS TO SAVE LIFE AND PROPERTY IF HIGH WATERS THREATEN. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF LIVING IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA. NEVER DRIVE OR WALK INTO FLOOD WATERS. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. $$ PLAHMER NNNN
000 WGUS73 KILX 181403 FFSILX ILC169-181800- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 900 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SCHUYLER COUNTY UNTIL 100 PM CDT... ...THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION... AT 900 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS ALL OF SCHUYLER COUNTY. 4 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 430 AM. AT 852 AM...SCHUYLER COUNTY ESDA REPORTED CITY AND COUNTY ROADS FLOODED. RADAR SHOWS THAT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ACROSS SCHUYLER COUNTY THROUGH 11 AM. 5 TO 9 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE COUNTYWIDE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION TAKE IMMEDIATE STEPS TO SAVE LIFE AND PROPERTY IF HIGH WATERS THREATEN. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF LIVING IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA. NEVER DRIVE OR WALK INTO FLOOD WATERS. 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. $$ EH NNNN
000 WGUS73 KILX 181506 FFSILX ILC169-181800- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1005 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SCHUYLER COUNTY UNTIL 100 PM CDT... ...THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION... AT 1005 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING OVER SCHUYLER COUNTY. 4 TO 8 INCHES INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 430 AM.. AT 1000 AM CDT...SCHUYLER COUNTY ESDA REPORTED FLOODED BASEMENTS IN RUSHVILLE. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO WASH MOST VEHICLES AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION. TAKE IMMEDIATE STEPS TO SAVE LIFE AND PROPERTY IF HIGH WATERS THREATEN. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF LIVING IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA. NEVER DRIVE OR WALK INTO FLOOD WATERS. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. $$ EH 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, 2:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign | 6 hr |
| 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 | 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 |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003
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.