Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Lincoln, IL

Issued

Aug 2, 2003, 4:16 PM CDT (21:16 UTC)

Expired

Aug 2, 2003, 10:15 PM CDT

In force

6 hr

Issued by

NWS Lincoln, IL

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Champaign County, IL

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000 
WGUS53 KILX 022116
FFWILX
ILC019-030315-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 1015 PM CDT

* AT 412 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY.
  3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 1 PM.

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
  CHAMPAIGN COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 4 TO 5
  INCHES INCHES BY 6 PM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY
  PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ON FLOOD PRONE
HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. NEVER WALK OR DRIVE INTO FLOODED
AREAS AND ABANDON VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING 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.

LAT...LON 4028 8801 4004 8807 3999 8839 4037 8838

$$

BAK

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000 
WGUS73 KILX 022244
FFSILX
ILC019-030315-

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

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHAMPAIGN COUNTY UNTIL
1015 PM CDT...

AT 541 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS EASTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY. 3 TO 4
INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 2 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.

$$

BAK

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000 
WGUS73 KILX 030134
FFSILX
ILC019-030145-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
835 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 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.

$$

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.