Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 2004, 5:53 PM CDT for Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 4 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
- Jul 9, 2004, 5:53 PM CDT (22:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2004, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 2498 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 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 092255 FFWILX ILC183-100300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 553 PM CDT FRI JUL 9 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT * AT 549 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 5 PM. * THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES BY 7 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. 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 4059 8741 4020 8742 4020 8792 4059 8792 $$ BAK
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KILX 100105 FFSILX ILC183-100300- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 804 PM CDT FRI JUL 9 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR VERMILION COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM CDT... AT 804 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING OVER NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTHY. AROUND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 5 PM. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE EFFECTS OF FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED AREAS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. LAT...LON 4050 8760 4017 8758 4015 8794 4054 8794 $$ BAK
000 WGUS73 KILX 100300 FFSILX ILC183-100315- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1000 PM CDT FRI JUL 9 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR VERMILION COUNTY IS BEING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOOD THREAT HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING AND DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS...SO BE ALERT TO THE RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. LAT...LON 4041 8755 3999 8753 4001 8792 4040 8792 $$ BYRD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 60 min |
| Jul 9, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign | 67 min |
| Jul 9, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 55 min |
| Jul 9, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Knox | 65 min |
| Jul 9, 6:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Knox | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 6:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Champaign | 4 hr |
| Jul 9, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria | 55 min |
| Jul 9, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Stark | 49 min |
| Jul 9, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Marshall | 65 min |
Nearby
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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.