Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 25, 2004, 5:52 PM CDT for DeWitt County, McLean County, Macon County, Illinois. It was in force for 6 hr. 6 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, 5:52 PM CDT (22:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2004, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties DeWitt County, IL, Macon County, IL, McLean County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 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, 6:49 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Bloomington, IL | FLOODED STREETS REPORTED IN BOTH BLOOMINGTON AND NORMAL. FROM COUNTY SHERIFF. |
| Aug 25, 6:49 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Bloomington, IL | FLOODED STREETS REPORTED IN BOTH BLOOMINGTON AND NORMAL. FROM COUNTY SHERIFF. |
| Aug 25, 7:05 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Clinton, IL | STREETS FLOODED IN CLINTON. VIADUCTS FLOODED ON HIGHWAY 54. FROM COUNTY SHERIFF. |
| Aug 25, 7:05 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Clinton, IL | STREETS FLOODED IN CLINTON. VIADUCTS FLOODED ON HIGHWAY 54. FROM COUNTY SHERIFF. |
| Aug 25, 7:40 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Decatur, IL | VIADUCTS FLOODED AND CITY STREETS IN DECATUR FLOODED |
| Aug 25, 7:57 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 N Argenta, IL | FRIENDS CREEK ROAD FLOODED OFF HIGHWAY 48. FROM THE PIATT COUNTY SHERIFF. |
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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 26 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 252257
FFWILX
ILC039-113-115-260445-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
552 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
DE WITT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
* AT 541 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM NEAR MCLEAN SOUTH TO NEAR
WARRENSBURG. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE
500 PM. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL WILL
CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.
* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
MACON... DE WITT...AND MCLEAN COUNTIES. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL
LIKELY RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES BY 900 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 4064 8859 4061 8847 4030 8847 4030 8857
4010 8869 4009 8876 3980 8875 3966 8882
3966 8914 3980 8914 3982 8922 3991 8922
3992 8914 4028 8915 4029 8927 4060 8927
4066 8900 4076 8898 4075 8859
$$
EH3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KILX 260025
FFSILX
ILC039-113-115-260445-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
720 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MCLEAN...DE WITT AND MACON
COUNTIES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT...
AT 719 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING FROM BOODY NORTH TO LE ROY. 1 TO 4 INCHES OF
RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 500 PM.
AT 705 PM CDT...DE WITT COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED STREETS FLOODED IN
CLINTON AND VIADUCTS FLOODED ON HIGHWAY 54.
AT 649 PM CDT...MCLEAN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED FLOODED STREETS IN
BOTH BLOOMINGTON AND NORMAL.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE
TO THE EFFECTS OF FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
AREAS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE.
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR
VEHICLE INTO AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A
FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO WASH MOST VEHICLES AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN
RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY
TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS.
LAT...LON 4064 8859 4061 8847 4030 8847 4030 8857
4010 8869 4009 8876 3980 8875 3966 8882
3966 8914 3980 8914 3982 8922 3991 8922
3992 8914 4028 8915 4029 8927 4060 8927
4066 8900 4076 8898 4075 8859
$$
EH000 WGUS73 KILX 260313 FFSILX ILC113-260330- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1012 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MCLEAN COUNTY 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 4071 8864 4035 8858 4033 8917 4058 8916 $$ SMITH
000 WGUS73 KILX 260404 FFSILX ILC039-115-260415- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1102 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR DE WITT AND MACON COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOOD THREAT HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4022 8874 3971 8884 3978 8911 4020 8908 $$ 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, 5:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Logan, Sangamon | 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.