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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 12, 2004Vermilion County, Illinois

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.

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, 1.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2004-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 675 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2004-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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

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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.