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Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 26, 2004Clay County, Lawrence County, Richland County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2004, 8:18 PM CDT for Clay County, Lawrence County, Richland 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 26, 2004, 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2004, 2:15 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Clay County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Richland County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 160 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1412 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 67 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 270121
FFWILX
ILC025-101-159-270715-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
818 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS
  LAWRENCE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 215 AM CDT

* AT 811 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ALONG THE US 50 CORRIDOR. UPWARDS OF 2 
  INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 5 PM.

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS 
  CLAY...RICHLAND AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL
  LIKELY RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES BY 10 PM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS
  WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING NEAR STREAMS...CREEKS AND
NEARBY FARMLAND. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON COUNTY ROADS AND IN LOW
LYING AREAS. NEVER CROSS AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADS.

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 3885 8759 3857 8764 3862 8870 3890 8869
          3884 8828

$$

BYRD

NNNN

2 follow-up statements

000
WGUS73 KILX 270308
FFSILX
ILC025-101-159-270715-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1005 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CLAY...LAWRENCE AND RICHLAND
COUNTIES UNTIL 215 AM CDT...

AT 10 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 
AREA OF HEAVY RAINS THAT WAS OVER CLAY...RICHLAND AND LAWRENCE 
COUNTIES HAS MOVED EAST INTO INDIANA. HOWEVER...ANOTHER LINE OF 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS WAS JUST NORTH OF THESE COUNTIES AND 
AND COULD DEVELOP SOUTHWARD INTO THESE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT 
COUPLE OF HOURS. RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN 
HAS FALLEN SINCE 5 PM ACROSS THIS AREA AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS OF 
1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 215 AM ESPECIALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY
50 FROM FLORA TO LAWRENCEVILLE.

AROUND 845 PM...RICHLAND COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED FLOODING ON ROUTE 130 
IN OLNEY AND ON ROUTE 250 BETWEEN OLNEY AND NOBLE. 

AROUND 900 PM...CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED 6 INCHES OF WATER ON 
ROUTE 50 NEAR XENIA CLOSE TO THE CLAY AND MARION COUNTY LINE. MORE 
WATER WAS ON SOME COUNTY ROADS NEAR SAILOR SPRINGS.

AROUND 918 PM...LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED OVER A FOOT OF 
WATER ON COUNTY ROAD 250 EAST NEAR SUMNER.  

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.  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 3878 8751 3858 8762 3862 8871 3888 8873

$$

HUETTL

000
WGUS73 KILX 270658
FFSILX
ILC025-101-159-270715-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
157 AM CDT THU MAY 27 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CLAY...LAWRENCE AND RICHLAND COUNTIES
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.

LAT...LON 3876 8771 3860 8790 3860 8840 3887 8856

$$

BAK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 11:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Crawford, Effingham, Jasper	4 hr
May 27, 12:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Lawrence	46 min
May 27, 2:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Shelby	46 min
May 27, 2:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford	52 min
May 27, 3:01 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Jasper	4 hr
May 27, 4:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Crawford, Effingham, Jasper	6 hr
May 27, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Effingham, Jasper	58 min
May 27, 4:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford	24 min
May 27, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Shelby	57 min
May 27, 5:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Clark, Cumberland, Shelby	6 hr
May 27, 5:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Effingham, Jasper	57 min
May 27, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford	53 min
May 27, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Richland	53 min
May 27, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Lawrence	59 min
May 27, 5:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Coles	6 hr
May 27, 6:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Lawrence, Richland	58 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.