Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 18, 2003, 7:05 AM CDT for Cass County, Morgan County, Scott 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, 7:05 AM CDT (12:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 2003, 1:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cass County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Scott County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 315 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -200 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 874 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 243 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KILX 181206 FFWILX ILC017-137-171-181800- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 705 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS MORGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 130 PM CDT * AT 700 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS SCOTT...MORGAN AND CASS COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 4 AM AT LOCATIONS FROM BEARDSTOWN TO MEREDOSIA TO WINCHESTER. * THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED COUNTIES THIS MORNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES 11 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 4009 9001 3956 9006 3955 9054 4000 9048 $$ PLAHMER NNNN
5 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KILX 181253 FFSILX ILC017-137-181830- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 753 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CASS AND MORGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM CDT... AT 732 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS CASS AND MORGAN COUNTIES. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED ACROSS WESTERN CASS COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY SINCE 430 AM. RADAR SHOWS THAT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ACROSS CASS AND MORGAN COUNTIES THROUGH 10 AM. 5 TO 7 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS WESTERN CASS COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY...ESPECIALLY AT LOCATIONS ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM BEARDSTOWN TO JACKSONVILLE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION TAKE IMMEDIATE STEPS TO SAVE LIFE AND PROPERTY IF HIGH WATERS THREATEN. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF LIVING IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA. NEVER DRIVE OR WALK INTO FLOOD WATERS. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. $$ PLAHMER NNNN
000 WGUS73 KILX 181259 FFSILX ILC171-181830- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 759 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SCOTT COUNTY UNTIL 130 PM CDT... AT 755 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED ACROSS NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY SINCE 430 AM. RADAR SHOWS THAT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE BACK INTO ALL OF SCOTT COUNTY BY 830 AM...CONTINUING THROUGH 1030 AM. 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AT LOCATIONS NORTHEAST OF A BLUFFS TO WINCHESTER LINE...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE FARTHER SOUTHWEST. 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. $$ PLAHMER NNNN
000 WGUS73 KILX 181436 FFSILX ILC017-137-181830- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 935 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CASS AND MORGAN COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM CDT... AT 930 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF A BEARDSTOWN TO JACKSONVILLE LINE. 3 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 430 AM. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP THIS MORNING AND MOVE OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS FROM EARLIER RAINFALL. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE EFFECTS OF FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED AREAS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION. TAKE IMMEDIATE STEPS TO SAVE LIFE AND PROPERTY IF HIGH WATERS THREATEN. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF LIVING IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA. NEVER DRIVE OR WALK INTO FLOOD WATERS. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. $$ EH NNNN
000 WGUS73 KILX 181443 FFSILX ILC171-181830- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 942 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SCOTT COUNTY UNTIL 130 PM CDT... AT 942 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS SCOTT COUNTY. 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 430 AM. 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. $$ EH NNNN
000 WGUS73 KILX 181757 FFSILX ILC171-181830- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1249 PM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SCOTT COUNTY UNTIL 130 PM CDT... AT 1215 PM...SCOTT COUNTY ESDA REPORTED THAT ROUTE 106 WAS IMPASSABLE NEAR GLASGOW WITH WATER OVER THE ROAD. THIS OCCURRED AT 1130 AM. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT 1249 PM INDICATED THAT MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE REGION EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS CONTINUED UNTIL 130 PM. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE EFFECTS OF FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED AREAS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. $$ GOETSCH 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 | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 6 hr |
| Jul 18, 6:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 60 min |
| 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
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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.