Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2004, 3:01 AM CDT for 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 27, 2004, 3:01 AM CDT (08:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2004, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Jasper County, IL
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 130 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KILX 270802 FFWILX ILC079-271200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 301 AM CDT THU MAY 27 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS * UNTIL 700 AM CDT * AT 255 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 24 HOURS ACROSS JASPER COUNTY. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE EARLY YESTERDAY. * THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND AN INCH ARE LIKELY BY 5 AM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL AGGRAVATE THE ONGOING FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTY. 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 3915 8798 3889 8799 3888 8834 3913 8831 $$ BAK
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KILX 271052 FFSILX ILC079-271200- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 546 AM CDT THU MAY 27 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR JASPER COUNTY UNTIL 700 AM CDT... AT 546 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVY RAINS HAD ENDED ACROSS THE COUNTY. HOWEVER...RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE MIDNIGHT. THE JASPER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT BOGOTA ROAD WAS STILL UNDER WATER IN SPOTS...AND COUNTY ROAD 1000N AND 2000E STILL HAD FLOODING PROBLEMS. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE EFFECTS OF FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED AREAS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. LAT...LON 3918 8797 3888 8798 3888 8834 3915 8834 $$ AUTEN
000 WGUS73 KILX 271216 FFSILX ILC079-271230- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 716 AM CDT THU MAY 27 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR JASPER COUNTY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOOD THREAT HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 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 3917 8797 3888 8798 3887 8835 3917 8835 $$ AUTEN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 11:05 AM CDT, 15 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1105 AM CDT WED MAY 26 2004 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-262300- CASS-CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND- DE WITT-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-FULTON-JASPER-KNOX-LAWRENCE-LOGAN- MACON-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-MOULTRIE-PEORIA-PIATT- RICHLAND-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-SHELBY-STARK-TAZEWELL-VERMILION- WOODFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...CHAMPAIGN...DANVILLE... DECATUR...EFFINGHAM...FLORA...GALESBURG...HAVANA...JACKSONVILLE... LAWRENCEVILLE...LINCOLN...MATTOON...PEORIA...SHELBYVILLE... SPRINGFIELD AND TAYLORVILLE 1105 AM CDT WED MAY 26 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING THROUGH TONIGHT MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL. OTHERWISE...THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. HOWEVER...ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS ON THURSDAY AND ALLOW THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP. THE RISK FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT AND LAST THROUGH MEMORIAL DAY. SOME OF THESE STORMS SUNDAY INTO MONDAY COULD REACH STRONG TO SEVERE LIMITS. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. 13
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 26, 9:57 PM CDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
957 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0845 PM FLASH FLOOD OLNEY 38.73N 88.09W
05/26/2004 RICHLAND IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER ROUTE 130 IN OLNEY. SOME FLOODING OF STREETS
IN OLNEY. REPORTED BY THE RICHLAND COUNTY SHERIFF.
0845 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 WSW OLNEY 38.71N 88.14W
05/26/2004 RICHLAND IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER ROUTE 250. REPORTED BY RICHLAND COUNTY
SHERIFF.
0900 PM FLASH FLOOD XENIA 38.64N 88.64W
05/26/2004 CLAY IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A FEW INCHES OF WATER OVER
US ROUTE 50 NEAR TEH MARION COUNTY LINE.
0900 PM FLASH FLOOD SAILOR SPRINGS 38.76N 88.36W
05/26/2004 CLAY IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED 6 INCHES OF WATER OVER
COUNTY ROADS.
0918 PM FLASH FLOOD SUMNER 38.72N 87.86W
05/26/2004 LAWRENCE IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
COUNTY ROAD 250 E HAD OVER 1 FOOT OF WATER OVER IT.
REPORTED BY LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFF.
&&
KELLYLocal storm report, May 26, 9:57 PM CDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED TYPO...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
957 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0845 PM FLASH FLOOD OLNEY 38.73N 88.09W
05/26/2004 RICHLAND IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER ROUTE 130 IN OLNEY. SOME FLOODING OF STREETS
IN OLNEY. REPORTED BY THE RICHLAND COUNTY SHERIFF.
0845 PM FLASH FLOOD 3 WSW OLNEY 38.71N 88.14W
05/26/2004 RICHLAND IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER ROUTE 250. REPORTED BY RICHLAND COUNTY
SHERIFF.
0900 PM FLASH FLOOD XENIA 38.64N 88.64W
05/26/2004 CLAY IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A FEW INCHES OF WATER OVER
US ROUTE 50 NEAR THE MARION COUNTY LINE.
0900 PM FLASH FLOOD SAILOR SPRINGS 38.76N 88.36W
05/26/2004 CLAY IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED 6 INCHES OF WATER OVER
COUNTY ROADS.
0918 PM FLASH FLOOD SUMNER 38.72N 87.86W
05/26/2004 LAWRENCE IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
COUNTY ROAD 250 E HAD OVER 1 FOOT OF WATER OVER IT.
REPORTED BY LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFF.
&&
KELLYLocal storm report, May 26, 10:28 PM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1028 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0843 PM FLASH FLOOD FLORA 38.67N 88.48W
05/26/2004 CLAY IL EMERGENCY MNGR
FLORA AND CLAY COUNTY ESDA REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN
FLORA BETWEEN 843 PM AND 912 PM. SIX TO 8 INCHES OF WATER
COVERED 2 BLOCKS OF SECOND STREET. NORTH STATE ROAD HAD 4
INCHES OF WATER FROM LONGLEAF LANE TO HICKORY HILLS. SOME
COUNTY ROADS OUTSIDE OF FLORA HAD FLOODING.
&&
HUETTLSpecial weather statement, May 26, 11:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
ILZ040-042>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-270445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1119 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 300 IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 300 EXPIRED AS OF 11 PM CDT AND IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR ANY OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. BAK
Local storm report, May 26, 11:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1134 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0925 PM FLASH FLOOD SHUMWAY 39.18N 88.65W
05/26/2004 EFFINGHAM IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
ROUTE 33 HAD WATER OVER THE ROAD. REPORTED BY EFFINGHAM
COUNTY SHERIFF.
&&
KELLYLocal storm report, May 27, 12:06 AM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1206 AM CDT THU MAY 27 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1155 PM HAIL MOWEAQUA 39.63N 89.02W
05/26/2004 1.25 INCH SHELBY IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
REPORTED BY LOCAL POLICE VIA SHELBY COUNTY SHERIFF.
&&
HUETTLThe 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 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, 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 |
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.