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Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 22, 2004Shelby County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2004, 3:05 PM CDT for Shelby 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
Jul 22, 2004, 3:05 PM CDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2004, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Shelby County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 2004-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1619 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2004-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
1619 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-123 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
917 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS53 KILX 222009
FFWILX
ILC173-230200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
305 PM CDT THU JUL 22 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 300 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF SHELBY COUNTY. TWO 
  INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 200 PM...ESPECIALLY IN 
  SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY FROM OCONEE THROUGH COWDEN TO 
  TROWBRIDGE.

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
  SOUTHERN PARTS OF SHELBY COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY 
  RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES BY 500 PM. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL 
  LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING.

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING NEAR STREAMS...CREEKS AND
NEARBY FARMLAND. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON COUNTY ROADS AND IN LOW
LYING AREAS. NEVER CROSS AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADS.

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 3951 8868 3944 8849 3922 8847 3923 8913
      3954 8889

$$

MILLER

NNNN
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KILX 222247
FFSILX
ILC023-033-035-079-101-173-222300-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
547 PM CDT THU JUL 22 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SHELBY...CLARK...CUMBERLAND...
CRAWFORD...JASPER AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES 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 3878 8790 3886 8792 3885 8814 3888 8821
      3904 8836 3916 8836 3918 8847 3921 8847
      3923 8854 3937 8866 3925 8774 3871 8769

$$

BAK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 2:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark59 min
Jul 22, 12:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMenard52 min
Jul 22, 12:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLogan58 min
Jul 22, 1:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, Macon66 min
Jul 22, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXDeWitt, Macon43 min
Jul 22, 1:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXPiatt59 min
Jul 22, 1:54 PM CDTTornado WarningILXPiatt51 min
Jul 22, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChampaign, Douglas65 min
Jul 22, 1:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian64 min
Jul 22, 2:02 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXRichland3 hr
Jul 22, 2:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMoultrie, Shelby66 min
Jul 22, 2:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLawrence57 min
Jul 22, 2:21 PM CDTTornado WarningILXDouglas39 min
Jul 22, 2:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXColes62 min
Jul 22, 2:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXLawrence4 hr
Jul 22, 2:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Edgar66 min
Jul 22, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCumberland44 min
Jul 22, 3:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXClark, Cumberland6 hr
Jul 22, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXEffingham, Jasper63 min
Jul 22, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCrawford53 min
Jul 22, 4:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXCrawford, Jasper5 hr
Jul 22, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXLawrence, Richland54 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.