Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 2004, 1:58 PM CDT for DeWitt 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 18, 2004, 1:58 PM CDT (18:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2004, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County DeWitt County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 17 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
- 989 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 838 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KILX 181900
FFWILX
ILC039-190100-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
158 PM CDT TUE MAY 18 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DE WITT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 151 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING FROM NEAR CLINTON EAST TO DEWITT. 1 TO 3
INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 1230 PM.
* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
DE WITT COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 2 TO 5
INCHES BY 400 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 4018 8867 4010 8869 4010 8876 4006 8876
4006 8915 4029 8915 4029 8859
$$
EH
NNNN3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KILX 181953
FFSILX
ILC039-190100-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
250 PM CDT TUE MAY 18 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DE WITT COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM
CDT...
AT 250 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING NEAR DE WITT. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN
ESTIMATED SINCE 1230 PM. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO DE
WITT COUNTY FROM CLINTON EAST TO DE WITT BY 330 PM. ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE THE WATER SITUATION.
AT 155 PM CDT...DE WITT COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED HIGH WATER ON
ILLINOIS ROUTE 10 EAST OF CLINTON. THE SHERIFF REPORTED ILLINOIS
ROUTE 10 WAS STILL PASSABLE...HOWEVER ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY
CAUSE ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE
TO THE EFFECTS OF FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
AREAS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE.
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR
VEHICLE INTO AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A
FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO WASH MOST VEHICLES AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN
RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY
TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
LAT...LON 4018 8867 4010 8869 4010 8876 4006 8876
4006 8915 4029 8915 4029 8859
$$
EH000 WGUS73 KILX 182132 FFSILX ILC039-190100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 427 PM CDT TUE MAY 18 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DE WITT COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 427 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING FROM NEAR CLINTON EAST TO DE WITT. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 1230 PM. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS WHICH MAY AGGRAVATE THE HIGH WATER SITUATION. 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 4010 8911 4011 8881 4027 8868 4027 8906 $$ 13
000 WGUS73 KILX 182301 FFSILX ILC039-182315- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 559 PM CDT TUE MAY 18 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DE WITT COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED... THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOOD THREAT HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE AREA BY 7 PM BUT EXCESSIVE RUNOFF IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE EFFECTS OF FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED AREAS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. LAT...LON 4025 8874 4010 8880 4008 8905 4024 8906 $$ HALL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan | 63 min |
| May 18, 1:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Piatt | 62 min |
| May 18, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 49 min |
| May 18, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 47 min |
| May 18, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford | 62 min |
| May 18, 4:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Peoria | 4 hr |
| May 18, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 52 min |
| May 18, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Tazewell, Woodford | 52 min |
| May 18, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Tazewell, Woodford | 25 min |
| May 18, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 65 min |
| May 18, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | McLean | 64 min |
| May 18, 6:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | McLean | 3 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.