Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at May 27, 2004, 6:02 PM CDT for Clay County, Lawrence County, Richland County, Illinois. It was in force for 58 min. 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, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 27, 2004, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- 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 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 272306 FFWILX ILC025-101-159-280500- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 602 PM CDT THU MAY 27 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 MIDNIGHT CDT * AT 556 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM JUST NORTH OF CLAY CITY EAST TO CHAUNCEY. DOPPLER RAINFALL ESTIMATES IN THE PAST HOUR INDICATE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES HAS FALLEN. IN ADDITION...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING JUST TO THE WEST AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE WARNED COUNTIES OVER THE NEXT HOUR. * THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 700 PM. THESE RAINFALL RATES 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. 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 3884 8758 3863 8766 3862 8865 3884 8869 $$ SMITH NNNN
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KILX 280021 FFSILX ILC025-101-159-280500- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 716 PM CDT THU MAY 27 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CLAY...LAWRENCE AND RICHLAND COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 716 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING TO FALL FROM IOLA EAST TO LAWRENCEVILLE. DOPPLER RAINFALL ESTIMATES SINCE 500 PM RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY 4 INCHES ESTIMATED FROM DUNDAS TO JUST NORTH OF LAWRENCEVILLE. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE EFFECTS OF FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED AREAS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. LAT...LON 3884 8760 3861 8766 3864 8865 3885 8865 $$ 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, 4:26 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 |
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.