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Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 25, 2004, 5:37 PM CDT for Logan County, Sangamon County, Illinois. It was in force for 6 hr. 3 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, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2004, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Logan County, IL, Sangamon County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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, 5:46 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Lincoln, IL | SEVERAL STREETS FLOODED IN LINCOLN. |
| Aug 25, 5:46 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Lincoln, IL | SEVERAL STREETS FLOODED IN LINCOLN. |
| Aug 25, 7:40 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Springfield, IL | SEVERAL VIADUCTS FLOODED IN SPRINGFIELD. |
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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 252242 CCA FFWILX ILC107-167-260430- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 537 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 1130 PM CDT * AT 531 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR PLEASANT PLAINS TO BROADWELL. 1 TO 3 INCHES RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 400 PM. * THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS LOGAN AND SANGAMON COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES BY 700 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 3969 8996 3981 8935 4024 8918 4025 8931 $$ EH NNNN
2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KILX 260005
FFSILX
ILC107-167-260430-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
704 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LOGAN AND SANGAMON COUNTIES
UNTIL 1130 PM CDT...
AT 658 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING FROM AUBURN NORTH MT. PULASKI. 1 TO 4 INCHES
OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 400 PM.
AT 642 PM CDT...LOGAN COUNTY ESDA REPORTED US ROUTE 136 CLOSED DUE
TO STANDING WATER NEAR THE LOGAN/MASON COUNTY LINE.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE
TO THE EFFECTS OF FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
AREAS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE.
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR
VEHICLE INTO AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A
FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO WASH MOST VEHICLES AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN
RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY
TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
LAT...LON 4028 8927 4028 8917 3992 8915 3991 8924
3982 8924 3983 8925 3976 8933 3975 8943
3969 8944 3964 8956 3953 8955 3953 8993
3990 8999 3991 8972 3998 8970 3999 8959
4032 8960 4033 8928
$$
EH000 WGUS73 KILX 260347 FFSILX ILC107-167-260400- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1046 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR LOGAN AND SANGAMON COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOOD THREAT HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4020 8919 3984 8929 3962 8977 4023 8945 $$ SMITH
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, 3:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Morgan, Scott | 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, 5:52 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 |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.