Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 10, 2004, 10:40 PM CDT for Champaign 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, 10:40 PM CDT (03:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2004, 4:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Champaign County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 30 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 110343 FFWILX ILC019-110945- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1040 PM CDT THU JUN 10 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 445 AM CDT * AT 1034 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER CHAMPAIGN COUNTY. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS THE COUNTY EARLIER THIS EVENING. * THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ARE ONCE AGAIN MOVING INTO CHAMPAIGN COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. 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. 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 4031 8841 3992 8842 3994 8801 4032 8801 $$ HALL NNNN
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KILX 110918 FFSILX ILC019-110930- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 418 AM CDT FRI JUN 11 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CHAMPAIGN COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOOD THREAT HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. LAT...LON 4031 8807 3994 8807 3994 8842 4033 8843 $$ 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, 10:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 6 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004
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.