Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2004, 5:36 AM 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 12, 2004, 5:36 AM CDT (10:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2004, 11:30 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 Lincoln radar (KILX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 71 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
- 3388 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1075 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KILX 121040 FFWILX ILC183-121630- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 536 AM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 1130 AM CDT * AT 528 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM RANKIN TO HOOPESTON. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 200 AM. * THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS VERMILION COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES BY 800 AM. 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 4047 8792 3991 8790 3991 8758 4045 8756 $$ 13 NNNN
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KILX 121113 FFSILX ILC183-121630- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 612 AM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR VERMILION COUNTY UNTIL 1130 AM CDT... AT 608 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING FROM RANKIN TO HOOPESTON...1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED. AN ADDITIONAL LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WAS FROM SIDELL TO GEORGETOWN...WHERE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 500 AM. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE EFFECTS OF FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED AREAS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO WASH MOST VEHICLES AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. LAT...LON 4046 8787 3993 8787 3995 8756 4047 8758 $$ 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 5:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 61 min |
| Jun 12, 6:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Edgar | 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.