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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 30, 2004Fulton County, Schuyler County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 2004, 4:34 PM CDT for Fulton County, Schuyler County, Illinois. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 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 30, 2004, 4:34 PM CDT (21:34 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2004, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Fulton County, IL, Schuyler County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 30, 5:22 PM CDTFLASH FLOODCuba, ILWATER FLOWING OVER ROADS FROM FIELDS, FROM CUBA TO LEWISTOWN. REPORTED BY SHERIFF.
May 30, 5:22 PM CDTFLASH FLOODCuba, ILWATER FLOWING OVER ROADS FROM FIELDS, FROM CUBA TO LEWISTOWN. REPORTED BY SHERIFF.

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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 155 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2004-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1629 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2004-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 201 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1629 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
569 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
8.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KILX 302137
FFWILX
ILC057-169-310330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
434 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SCHUYLER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  FULTON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT

* AT 426 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING INTO SCHUYLER AND FULTON
  COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN 
  ESTIMATED WITH THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SCHUYLER AND
  FULTON COUNTIES.

REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...AND ASK THEM TO RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS.

LAT...LON 4028 9051 4053 9043 4071 9043 4072 9000
          4049 8990 4034 9007 4019 9019 4017 9034
          3997 9055 4012 9069 4011 9091 4024 9090

$$

KELLY

NNNN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KILX 310126
FFSILX
ILC057-095-169-310200-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
826 PM CDT SUN MAY 30 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR KNOX...FULTON AND SCHUYLER COUNTIES
HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOOD THREAT HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 4073 9001 4048 8988 4034 9007 4013 9027
          4000 9061 4010 9070 4011 9092 4028 9091
          4028 9051 4050 9044 4114 9044 4115 9000

$$

KELLY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 8:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Peoria, Tazewell39 min
May 30, 9:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXStark44 min
May 30, 9:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXKnox, Stark6 hr
May 30, 9:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPeoria, Tazewell, Woodford48 min
May 30, 9:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXPeoria, Tazewell6 hr
May 30, 9:46 AM CDTTornado WarningILXTazewell, Woodford59 min
May 30, 9:52 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMarshall, Woodford6 hr
May 30, 10:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMcLean6 hr
May 30, 11:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, McLean39 min
May 30, 11:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan, Macon50 min
May 30, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton, Knox60 min
May 30, 4:09 PM CDTTornado WarningILXSchuyler66 min
May 30, 4:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXKnox6 hr
May 30, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPeoria, Stark62 min
May 30, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningILXPeoria, Stark61 min
May 30, 4:36 PM CDTTornado WarningILXTazewell, Woodford54 min
May 30, 4:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXPeoria, Stark6 hr
May 30, 4:43 PM CDTTornado WarningILXFulton, Knox62 min
May 30, 4:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMenard56 min
May 30, 4:59 PM CDTTornado WarningILXCass, Mason61 min
May 30, 5:06 PM CDTTornado WarningILXShelby54 min
May 30, 5:10 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMarshall65 min
May 30, 5:19 PM CDTTornado WarningILXWoodford56 min
May 30, 5:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMarshall, Woodford6 hr
May 30, 5:25 PM CDTTornado WarningILXClark, Crawford, Cumberland, Jasper65 min
May 30, 5:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXTazewell6 hr
May 30, 5:31 PM CDTTornado WarningILXEffingham, Logan, Shelby, Tazewell59 min
May 30, 5:34 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXEffingham, Shelby6 hr
May 30, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDouglas, Edgar65 min
May 30, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WarningILXLogan, Tazewell46 min
May 30, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, Macon, Piatt51 min
May 30, 6:03 PM CDTTornado WarningILXMcLean57 min
May 30, 6:09 PM CDTTornado WarningILXEdgar66 min
May 30, 6:12 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDeWitt63 min
May 30, 6:16 PM CDTTornado WarningILXColes59 min
May 30, 6:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign69 min
May 30, 6:24 PM CDTTornado WarningILXCumberland, Effingham, Jasper66 min
May 30, 6:36 PM CDTTornado WarningILXClark54 min
May 30, 6:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPiatt56 min
May 30, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningILXChampaign, Piatt63 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.