Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2004, 8:44 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 12, 2004, 8:44 PM CDT (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2004, 2:45 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), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 80 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
- 675 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1873 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 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 130220 FFWILX ILC183-130745- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 844 PM 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 245 AM CDT * AT 838 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A NEARLY STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WAS LOCATED OVER THE FAR NORTHEAST CORNER OF VERMILION COUNTY. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ALONG THE INTERSECTION OF IROQUOIS COUNTY ILLINOIS AND WARREN COUNTY INDIANA. * A FEW LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE HEAVY RAINS INCLUDE: HOOPESTON...ROSSVILLE AND CHENEYVILLE. 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 4046 8757 4018 8758 4020 8789 4044 8788 $$ HALL NNNN
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KILX 130308 FFSILX ILC183-130745- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1006 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR VERMILION COUNTY UNTIL 245 AM CDT... AT 1006 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING FROM NEAR COLLISON NORTHEAST TO ALVIN. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 800 PM. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO WASH MOST VEHICLES AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION. TAKE IMMEDIATE STEPS TO SAVE LIFE AND PROPERTY IF HIGH WATERS THREATEN. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF LIVING IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA. NEVER DRIVE OR WALK INTO FLOOD WATERS. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. LAT...LON 3992 8791 3995 8758 4047 8756 4046 8788 $$ EH
000 WGUS73 KILX 130708 FFSILX ILC183-130730- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 208 AM CDT SUN JUN 13 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR VERMILION COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOOD THREAT HAS ENDED 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 4052 8734 4014 8735 4015 8785 4052 8784 $$ BAK
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.