Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2004, 10:16 PM CDT for Vermilion 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
- Jun 10, 2004, 10:16 PM CDT (03:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2004, 4:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 1700 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 922 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 10.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KILX 110320 FFWILX ILC183-110915- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1016 PM CDT THU JUN 10 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 415 AM CDT * AT 1009 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF VERMILION COUNTY. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 9 PM. * THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS VERMILION COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM TWO TO FOUR INCHES BY MIDNIGHT. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. AS OF 1015 PM...NUMEROUS ROADS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF DANVILLE WERE FLOODED AND SEVERAL VEHICLES ARE STRANDED. 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 4042 8757 3992 8756 3995 8793 4042 8792 $$ BYRD NNNN
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KILX 110917 FFSILX ILC183-110930- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 417 AM CDT FRI JUN 11 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR VERMILION COUNTY IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOOD THREAT HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. LAT...LON 4034 8754 3997 8739 3998 8789 4035 8789 $$ BAK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 40 min |
| Jun 10, 10:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign | 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.