Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2004, 4:26 PM CDT for Crawford County, Effingham County, Jasper County, Illinois. It was in force for 6 hr. 9 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 27, 2004, 4:26 PM CDT (21:26 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2004, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 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
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 5:29 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Effingham, IL | ROADS FLODED COUNTYWIDE. REPORTED BY ESDA. |
| May 27, 5:29 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Effingham, IL | ROADS FLODED COUNTYWIDE. REPORTED BY ESDA. |
| May 27, 5:47 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Newton, IL | HIGHWAY FLOODING COUNTYWIDE. REPORTED BY JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF. |
| May 27, 5:47 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Newton, IL | HIGHWAY FLOODING COUNTYWIDE. REPORTED BY JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF. |
| May 27, 6:01 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Ssw Hutsonville, IL | WATER OVER THE ROAD AT ILLINOIS ROUTE 1 AND 1500 NORTH. |
| May 27, 6:01 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Ssw Hutsonville, IL | WATER OVER THE ROAD AT ILLINOIS ROUTE 1 AND 1500 NORTH. |
| May 27, 6:48 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 E Robinson, IL | WATER OVER STATE ROUTES 33 AND 1. |
| May 27, 6:48 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 E Robinson, IL | WATER OVER STATE ROUTES 33 AND 1. |
| May 27, 9:00 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Wheeler, IL | EVACUATIONS NEEDED IN A TRAILER PARK NORTH OF WHEELER...2 PEOPLE STRANDED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 577 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 465 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KILX 272128 FFWILX ILC033-049-079-280330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 426 PM CDT THU MAY 27 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 1030 PM CDT * AT 417 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING FROM NEAR ALTAMONT TO ROBINSON. ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 300 PM. * THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS ALTAMONT TO ROBINSON. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM ONE TO THREE INCHES BY 600 PM. 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. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO WASH MOST VEHICLES AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 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 3919 8875 3895 8873 3888 8757 3913 8771 $$ EH NNNN
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KILX 272334 FFSILX ILC033-049-079-280330- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 632 PM CDT THU MAY 27 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EFFINGHAM...CRAWFORD AND JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT... AT 632 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING FROM EFFINGHAM EAST TO ROBINSON. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 500 PM. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL IS ON TOP OF ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS FROM PREVIOUS RAINS AND WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THESE AREAS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE EFFECTS OF FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED AREAS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING NEAR STREAMS...CREEKS AND NEARBY FARMLAND. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON COUNTY ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. NEVER CROSS AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADS. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. LAT...LON 3916 8769 3890 8759 3894 8878 3916 8879 $$ SMITH NNNN
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 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, 4:32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.