Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at May 13, 2004, 8:06 PM CDT for Shelby 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
- May 13, 2004, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2004, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Shelby County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1345 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 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 140108
FFWILX
ILC173-140700-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
806 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 200 AM CDT
* AT 802 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM TOWER HILL TO MOWEAQUA. 1 TO 3
INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 430 PM.
* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
SHELBY COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 2 TO 5
INCHES BY 1100 PM. 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 3933 8913 3934 8904 3965 8903 3965 8882
3958 8881 3946 8848 3922 8848 3922 8914
$$
EH3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KILX 140202 FFSILX ILC173-140700- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 902 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SHELBY COUNTY UNTIL 200 AM CDT... AT 857 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING OVER NORTHERN SHELBY COUNTY...MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 16. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 6 PM... MAINLY NEAR THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY LINE AROUND MOWEAQUA AND TOWER HILL. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE EFFECTS OF FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED AREAS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. LAT...LON 3950 8890 3937 8874 3944 8863 3952 8892 $$ BAK
000
WGUS73 KILX 140401
FFSILX
ILC115-147-173-140700-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1100 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PIATT...MACON AND SHELBY
COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CDT...
AT 1055 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAINS HAVE SHIFTED NORTHEAST OF PIATT...MACON AND SHELY
COUNTIES. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES
THAT FELL EARLIER THIS EVENING...AS ESTIMATED BY DOPPLER RADAR...
COULD CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. THE HEAVIEST RAINS FELL
ACROSS WESTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN MOWEAQUA...ACROSS SOUTHERN MACON
COUNTY SOUTH OF DECATUR...AND ACROSS CENTRAL PIATT COUNTY NEAR
MONTICELLO.
ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS MOVING
INTO SOUTHWEST ILLINOIS...COULD SPREAD INTO PIATT...MACON AND
SHELBY COUNTIES AFTER 1 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 STREAMS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE
EFFECTS OF FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED AREAS BY
FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS
HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.
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 4030 8848 3981 8847 3980 8884 3939 8882
3927 8905 3970 8903 4005 8915 4005 8874
$$
HUETTL000 WGUS73 KILX 140656 FFSILX ILC173-140715- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 155 AM CDT FRI MAY 14 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SHELBY COUNTY IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 2 AM... THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOOD THREAT HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 2 AM. ANOTHER AREA OF RAIN WILL MOVE BACK INTO SHELBY COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING...HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. LAT...LON 3949 8865 3926 8856 3926 8903 3963 8904 $$ AUTEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 8:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Macon, Piatt | 6 hr |
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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.