Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Lincoln, IL

Issued

Aug 2, 2003, 12:51 PM CDT (17:51 UTC)

Expired

Aug 2, 2003, 6:45 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Lincoln, IL

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Fulton County, IL

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000 
WGUS53 KILX 021752
FFWILX
ILC057-022345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1251 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 1248 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 
INDICATED   VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN 3 MILES NORTH OF IPAVA. 3 TO 
4 INCHES INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 1000 AM.

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
  FULTON COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 
  INCHES BY 300 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.

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 4061 8989 4034 9008 4030 9042 4068 9043

$$

EH

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000 
WGUS73 KILX 022048
FFSILX
ILC057-022345-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
347 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FULTON COUNTY UNTIL 645 PM
CDT...

AT 344 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
CONTINUED THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON OVER 
FULTON COUNTY. 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 1 PM 
OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY.

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.

$$

BAK

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000 
WGUS73 KILX 022206
FFSILX
ILC057-022215-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
506 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR FULTON 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.

$$

BAK

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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.