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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 2004, 4:53 PM CDT for Crawford County, Jasper 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 17, 2004, 4:53 PM CDT (21:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2004, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Crawford County, IL, Jasper County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 1139 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 788 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -86 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 172153 FFWILX ILC033-079-180345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 453 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CRAWFORD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS JASPER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS * UNTIL 1045 PM CDT * AT 450 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER SOUTHEASTERN JASPER AND SOUTHWESTERN CRAWFORD COUNTIES. UP TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 3 PM. * ALTHOUGH RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS THIS AREA. THE RUNOFF WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE STE MARIE...WEST LIBERTY...WILLOW HILL... OBLONG...STOY...AND HARDINVILLE. 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 3904 8778 3887 8776 3887 8825 3901 8813 $$ BARKER NNNN
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KILX 180122 FFSILX ILC033-079-180130- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 821 PM CDT THU JUN 17 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CRAWFORD AND JASPER COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOOD THREAT HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3914 8821 3890 8826 3888 8760 3915 8770 $$ CHURCHILL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 9:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 9:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign | 4 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.