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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 26, 2004Crawford County, Effingham County, Jasper County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2004, 11:00 PM CDT for Crawford County, Effingham County, Jasper 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: May 26, 2004, 11:00 PM CDT (04:00 UTC)
Expired: May 27, 2004, 3:00 AM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Crawford County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Jasper County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 270401
FFWILX
ILC033-049-079-270800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1100 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT

* AT 1055 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN TODAY      
  ACROSS EFFINGHAM...JASPER AND CRAWFORD COUNTIES.

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
  THESE THREE COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE
  FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES BY 1 AM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY
  PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING THROUGH 3 AM.

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. 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 3916 8768 3891 8758 3893 8883 3917 8884

$$

KH

NNNN

1 follow-up statement

000
WGUS73 KILX 270747
FFSILX
ILC033-049-270800-

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

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EFFINGHAM AND CRAWFORD 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 3895 8816 3901 8861 3916 8862 3915 8837
          3898 8837 3893 8795 3914 8795 3914 8771
          3890 8770

$$

BAK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 8:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Lawrence, Richland	6 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.