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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Quad Cities, IA

July 11, 2004Henderson County, Warren County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this flash flood warning at Jul 11, 2004, 3:30 PM CDT for Henderson County, Warren County, Illinois. It was in force for 4 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 11, 2004, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2004, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Henderson County, IL, Warren County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 84 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2004-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 339 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 12:00Z on 2004-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
339 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
706 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KDVN 112029
FFWDVN
ILC071-187-120030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
330 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HENDERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 730 PM CDT

* AT 321 PM CDT...STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE REPORTED TO BE COMING OUT 
  OF THEIR BANKS IN WESTERN WARREN COUNTY...NEAR KIRKWOOD. THIS 
  FLOODING IS RESULTING FROM THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DROPPED HEAVY RAIN 
  OVER THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXITING THE 
  WARNED AREA...THE FLOODING WILL REMAIN FOR A FEW HOURS LONGER.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO TERRE
  HAUTE...STRONGHURST...ROZETTA...ROSEVILLE...RARITAN...OQUAWKA...
  LITTLE YORK...KIRKWOOD...GLADSTONE...CARMAN AND BIGGSVILLE.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF FLOOD-PRONE
AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOVE IMMEDIATELY FROM THESE AREAS TO HIGHER
GROUND.

LAT...LON 4106 9094 4065 9113 4064 9048 4106 9047

$$

JAZ
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS73 KDVN 112252 RRA
FFSDVN
ILC071-187-120030-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
551 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WARREN AND HENDERSON COUNTIES IS
CANCELED...

HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA AND FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. 
THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.

LAT...LON 4106 9094 4065 9113 4064 9048 4106 9047

$$

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000 
WGUS73 KDVN 112252
FFSDVN
ILC071-187-120030-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
552 PM CDT SUN JUL 11 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WARREN AND HENDERSON COUNTIES IS
CANCELED...

FLOOD WATERS ARE RECEDING. CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE REGION ARE 
REPORTED TO BE WITHIN THEIR BANKS. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
HAS BEEN CANCELED.

ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL RAIN MAY AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH 9 PM...THIS 
ADDITIONAL RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING.

LAT...LON 4106 9094 4065 9113 4064 9048 4106 9047

$$

JAZ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 1:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNHancock, McDonough56 min
Jul 11, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNHenderson, Warren66 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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.