Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 2004, 8:01 PM CDT for Macon County, Piatt County, Illinois. It was in force for 6 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 13, 2004, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2004, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Macon County, IL, Piatt County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 34 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1345 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 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 140103 FFWILX ILC115-147-140700- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 801 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS PIATT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 200 AM CDT * AT 752 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING FROM BLUE MOUND TO MONTICELLO. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 430 PM. * THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MACON AND PIATT COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES BY 1100 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 3997 8913 3968 8910 3987 8855 4013 8847 $$ EH NNNN
3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KILX 140221
FFSILX
ILC115-147-140700-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
920 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PIATT AND MACON COUNTIES UNTIL
200 AM CDT...
AT 916 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING FROM A MACON TO MONTICELLO LINE. 1 TO 4
INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 430 PM CDT.
AT 915 PM CDT...MACON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED STANDING WATER ON
WILLIAMS STREET IN DECATUR FROM THE PUBLIC.
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR
VEHICLE INTO AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A
FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO WASH MOST VEHICLES AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN
RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE HOW
MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.
REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY
TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
LAT...LON 3979 8847 3980 8877 3966 8882 3966 8914
3993 8922 4005 8914 4008 8872 4021 8864
4028 8847
$$
EH000
WGUS73 KILX 140401
FFSILX
ILC115-147-173-140700-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1100 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PIATT...MACON AND SHELBY
COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CDT...
AT 1055 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAINS HAVE SHIFTED NORTHEAST OF PIATT...MACON AND SHELY
COUNTIES. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES
THAT FELL EARLIER THIS EVENING...AS ESTIMATED BY DOPPLER RADAR...
COULD CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. THE HEAVIEST RAINS FELL
ACROSS WESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN MOWEAQUA...ACROSS SOUTHERN MACON
COUNTY SOUTH OF DECATUR...AND ACROSS CENTRAL PIATT COUNTY NEAR
MONTICELLO.
ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS MOVING
INTO SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...COULD SPREAD INTO PIATT...MACON AND
SHELBY COUNTIES AFTER 1 AM.
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 STREAMS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE
EFFECTS OF FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED AREAS BY
FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS
HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.
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 4030 8848 3981 8847 3980 8884 3939 8882
3927 8905 3970 8903 4005 8915 4005 8874
$$
HUETTL000 WGUS73 KILX 140659 FFSILX ILC115-147-140715- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 158 AM CDT FRI MAY 14 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PIATT AND MACON COUNTIES IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 2 AM... THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOOD THREAT HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 2 AM. ANOTHER AREA OF RAIN WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING...HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. LAT...LON 4007 8855 3986 8853 3969 8909 4004 8908 $$ AUTEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 8:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Shelby | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.