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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 17, 2004Crawford County, Jasper County, Illinois

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2004-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1139 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 12:00Z on 2004-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -74 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 9:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXVermilion6 hr
Jun 16, 9:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXChampaign4 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.