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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 26, 2004Vermilion County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Mar 26, 2004, 4:15 PM CST for Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 3 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
Mar 26, 2004, 4:15 PM CST (22:15 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2004, 7:15 PM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Vermilion County, IL

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 76 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2004-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 22 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2004-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 392 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
22 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
547 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
392 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
431 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KILX 262219
FFWILX
ILC183-270115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
415 PM CST FRI MAR 26 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM CST

* AT 415 PM CST...FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED AROUND DANVILLE
  IN THE MORIN/S ADDITION SUBDIVISION. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE 
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 4.5 INCHES OF RAIN
  FELL ACROSS CENTRAL VERMILION COUNTY AROUND DANVILLE SINCE
  THURSDAY...AND MUCH OF THAT FALLING TODAY.

THE DANVILLE VERMILION COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY IS 
REQUESTING VOLUNTARY EVACUATIONS OF RESIDENTS IN THE MORIN/S
ADDITION SUBDIVISION OF DANVILLE. WATER CONTINUES TO BE RISING
IN THIS AREA FROM THE RUNOFF OF THE HEAVY RAINS TODAY.

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 4039 8756 4004 8756 4002 8795 4039 8793

$$

KH

NNNN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KILX 262357
FFSILX
ILC183-270115-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
552 PM CST FRI MAR 26 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR VERMILION COUNTY UNTIL 715 PM
CST...

AT 552 PM CST...VERMILION COUNTY ESDA REPORTED THAT VOLUNTARY 
EVACUATIONS OF 13 FAMILIES IN THE MORINS ADDITION SUBDIVISION
OF DANVILLE WOULD CONTINUE AS WATER LEVELS CONTINUE TO RISE. DOPPLER 
RADAR ESTIMATED THAT MORE THAN 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS 
LOCATION SINCE YESTERDAY. A FEW LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE 
THIS EVENING ACROSS VERMILION COUNTY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...
WHICH WILL AGGRAVATE ANY FLOODING THAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED.

LAT...LON 4048 8744 4001 8746 4000 8793 4048 8794

$$

MILLER

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.