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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 25, 2004DeWitt County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2004, 12:22 AM CDT for DeWitt 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
May 25, 2004, 12:22 AM CDT (05:22 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2004, 6:15 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County DeWitt County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 21 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 150 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2004-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
150 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-246 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1872 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 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 KILX 250524
FFWILX
ILC039-251115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1222 AM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DE WITT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 615 AM CDT

* AT 1218 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS WESTERN DE WITT COUNTY. TWO TO
  THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 10 PM.

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
  THE COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM THREE TO
  FOUR INCHES BY 3 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.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE HOW
MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.

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 8863 4011 8876 4009 8912 4028 8914
          4028 8873

$$

BARKER
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KILX 250747
FFSILX
ILC039-251115-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
246 AM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DE WITT COUNTY UNTIL 615 AM
CDT...

AT 246 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED ACROSS DEWITT COUNTY. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN
HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 10 PM.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE HOW
MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.

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 4027 8864 4009 8881 4008 8912 4027 8911

$$

BARKER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Morgan, Schuyler, Scott53 min
May 24, 10:31 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton59 min
May 24, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan54 min
May 24, 10:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXSchuyler6 hr
May 24, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMenard53 min
May 24, 11:02 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMason58 min
May 24, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXScott42 min
May 24, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan60 min
May 24, 11:32 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan58 min
May 24, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton41 min
May 24, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan, Sangamon56 min
May 24, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt53 min
May 24, 11:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXCass, Logan, Mason, Menard6 hr
May 24, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXTazewell66 min
May 24, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMenard46 min
May 24, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMcLean59 min
May 24, 11:57 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMorgan, Sangamon48 min
May 24, 11:58 PM CDTTornado WarningILXTazewell62 min
May 25, 12:04 AM CDTTornado WarningILXMenard56 min
May 25, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian41 min
May 25, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMacon55 min
May 25, 12:28 AM CDTTornado WarningILXChristian32 min
May 25, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan60 min
May 25, 12:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt59 min
May 25, 12:40 AM CDTTornado WarningILXMacon65 min
May 25, 12:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Cumberland, Moultrie, Shelby41 min
May 25, 1:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClay, Effingham, Jasper, Richland49 min
May 25, 1:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPiatt47 min
May 25, 1:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign56 min
May 25, 1:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes, Douglas65 min
May 25, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCumberland57 min
May 25, 1:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXVermilion66 min
May 25, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEdgar62 min
May 25, 2:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClay, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland57 min
May 25, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClay, Jasper46 min

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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.