Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 60, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 25, 2004, 3:07 PM CDT for Cass County, Morgan County, Scott County, Illinois. It was in force for 6 hr. 10 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 25, 2004, 3:07 PM CDT (20:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2004, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Cass County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Scott County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 3:38 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Bluff Springs, IL | STANDING WATER ON ROUTE 125 BETWEEN BLUFF SPRINGS AND VIRGINIA. FROM COUNTY SHERIFF...CORRECTION. |
| Aug 25, 3:38 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Bluff Springs, IL | STANDING WATER ON ROUTE 125 BETWEEN BLUFF SPRINGS AND VIRGINIA. FROM COUNTY SHERIFF...CORRECTION. |
| Aug 25, 3:38 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Chandlerville, IL | STREETS FLOODED IN CHANDLERVILLE. |
| Aug 25, 3:38 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Chandlerville, IL | STREETS FLOODED IN CHANDLERVILLE. |
| Aug 25, 4:27 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Beardstown, IL | A PORTION OF ROUTE 125 WASHED OUT BETWEEN BEARDSTOWN AND VIRGINIA. |
| Aug 25, 4:27 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Beardstown, IL | A PORTION OF ROUTE 125 WASHED OUT BETWEEN BEARDSTOWN AND VIRGINIA. |
| Aug 25, 4:27 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Beardstown, IL | STREETS FLOODED IN BEARDSTOWN. |
| Aug 25, 4:27 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Beardstown, IL | STREETS FLOODED IN BEARDSTOWN. |
| Aug 25, 5:13 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Jacksonville, IL | CITY STREETS IN JACKSONVILLE FLOODED. |
| Aug 25, 5:13 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Jacksonville, IL | CITY STREETS IN JACKSONVILLE FLOODED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 151 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
- 1166 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 777 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 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 252010
FFWILX
ILC017-137-171-260200-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
307 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SCOTT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
MORGAN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
CASS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 900 PM CDT
* AT 258 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR BLUFFS NORTH TO BEARDSTOWN.
1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 130 PM.
* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
SCOTT...MORGAN...AND CASS COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL
LIKELY RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES BY 600 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 3991 9054 3998 9052 4002 9043 4011 9039
4012 9034 4007 9030 4005 9024 4011 9000
3986 9001 3957 8998 3955 9055 3987 9051
3988 9058
$$
EH
NNNN2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KILX 252150
FFSILX
ILC017-137-171-260200-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
447 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CASS...MORGAN AND SCOTT
COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT...
AT 447 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING FROM BLUFFS TO CHANDLERVILLE. 1 TO 4 INCHES
OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 130 PM. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ACROSS
CASS...MORGAN...AND SCOTT COUNTIES.
AT 427 PM CDT...CASS COUNTY SHERIFF STREETS FLOODED IN BEARDSTOWN
AND A PORTION OF ROUTE 125 WASHED OUT BETWEEN BEARDSTOWN AND
VIRGINIA.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE
TO THE EFFECTS OF FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
AREAS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE.
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR
VEHICLE INTO AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A
FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO WASH MOST VEHICLES AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN
RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY
TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
LAT...LON 3991 9054 3998 9052 4002 9043 4011 9039
4012 9034 4007 9030 4005 9024 4011 9000
3957 9002 3955 9055 3987 9050 3988 9058
$$
EH000 WGUS73 KILX 260158 FFSILX ILC017-137-171-260215- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 858 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CASS...MORGAN AND SCOTT COUNTIES 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. 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 4005 9039 3961 9057 3959 9002 4003 9009 $$ 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 10:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason | 64 min |
| Aug 25, 1:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 58 min |
| Aug 25, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon | 59 min |
| Aug 25, 2:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 6 hr |
| Aug 25, 3:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Mason | 6 hr |
| Aug 25, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Mason | 38 min |
| Aug 25, 4:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Menard | 6 hr |
| Aug 25, 5:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Logan, Sangamon | 6 hr |
| Aug 25, 5:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | DeWitt, McLean, Macon | 6 hr |
| Aug 25, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 65 min |
| Aug 25, 6:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Christian | 6 hr |
| Aug 25, 6:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Tazewell | 6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.