Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2004, 9:06 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 16, 2004, 9:06 PM CDT (02:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2004, 3:00 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), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 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
- 1503 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 885 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS53 KILX 170208 FFWILX ILC183-170800- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 906 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 300 AM CDT * AT 858 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN RANKIN TO HOOPESTON. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 600 PM. * THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS VERMILION COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 1 TO 4 INCHES BY 1030 PM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. 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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE HOW MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. 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 3995 8789 3993 8756 4047 8754 4046 8793 $$ 13 NNNN
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KILX 170316 FFSILX ILC183-170800- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1014 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR VERMILION COUNTY UNTIL 300 AM CDT... AT 1014 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING FROM EAST OF COLLISON NORTHEAST TO ALVIN...WHERE 1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 900 PM. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO WASH MOST VEHICLES AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE HOW MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. LAT...LON 4048 8755 3991 8756 3991 8791 4046 8793 $$ 13
000 WGUS73 KILX 170720 FFSILX ILC183-170730- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 220 AM CDT THU JUN 17 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 4045 8747 4022 8746 4021 8790 4048 8791 $$ BAK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 9:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign | 4 hr |
| Jun 17, 4:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper | 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.