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Flash Flood Warning 56, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2004, 3:22 PM CDT for Clark County, Cumberland 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, 3:22 PM CDT (20:22 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
Counties Clark County, IL, Cumberland County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KILX 222026
FFWILX
ILC023-035-230200-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
322 PM CDT THU JUL 22 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CUMBERLAND COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
CLARK COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 320 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM NEOGA THROUGH CASEY TO MARSHALL.
AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 215 PM.
* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
CUMBERLAND AND CLARK COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE
FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES BY 530 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 3946 8756 3919 8764 3918 8848 3938 8847
3937 8800 3946 8787
$$
MILLER
NNNN1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS73 KILX 222247
FFSILX
ILC023-033-035-079-101-173-222300-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
547 PM CDT THU JUL 22 2004
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SHELBY...CLARK...CUMBERLAND...
CRAWFORD...JASPER AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOOD THREAT HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY
TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
LAT...LON 3878 8790 3886 8792 3885 8814 3888 8821
3904 8836 3916 8836 3918 8847 3921 8847
3923 8854 3937 8866 3925 8774 3871 8769
$$
BAKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark | 59 min |
| Jul 22, 12:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Menard | 52 min |
| Jul 22, 12:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Logan | 58 min |
| Jul 22, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Macon | 66 min |
| Jul 22, 1:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | DeWitt, Macon | 43 min |
| Jul 22, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Piatt | 59 min |
| Jul 22, 1:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Piatt | 51 min |
| Jul 22, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Champaign, Douglas | 65 min |
| Jul 22, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 64 min |
| Jul 22, 2:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Richland | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Moultrie, Shelby | 66 min |
| Jul 22, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 57 min |
| Jul 22, 2:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Douglas | 39 min |
| Jul 22, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Coles | 62 min |
| Jul 22, 2:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Lawrence | 4 hr |
| Jul 22, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clark, Edgar | 66 min |
| Jul 22, 3:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Shelby | 6 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cumberland | 44 min |
| Jul 22, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham, Jasper | 63 min |
| Jul 22, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Crawford | 53 min |
| Jul 22, 4:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper | 5 hr |
| Jul 22, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence, Richland | 54 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.