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Flash Flood Warning 65, NWS Lincoln, IL

August 25, 2004Christian County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 25, 2004, 6:40 PM CDT for Christian 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
Aug 25, 2004, 6:40 PM CDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2004, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Christian County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 2004-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1166 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 2004-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 179 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KILX 252344
FFWILX
ILC021-260600-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
640 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 100 AM CDT

* AT 636 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR EDINBURG TO MOUNT AUBURN.
  1 TO 3 INCHES RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 530 PM.

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS
  CHRISTIAN COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 2 TO 5
  INCHES BY 1000 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 3936 8953 3964 8954 3964 8950 3968 8949
      3969 8943 3974 8943 3975 8933 3982 8926
      3980 8915 3965 8914 3965 8904 3935 8904

$$

EH
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS73 KILX 260257
FFSILX
ILC021-260315-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
957 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CHRISTIAN 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 3975 8918 3937 8906 3937 8951 3964 8949

$$
SMITH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 10:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Mason64 min
Aug 25, 1:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan, Scott58 min
Aug 25, 2:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon59 min
Aug 25, 2:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXSchuyler6 hr
Aug 25, 3:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXCass, Morgan, Scott6 hr
Aug 25, 3:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMason6 hr
Aug 25, 4:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMason38 min
Aug 25, 4:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXMenard6 hr
Aug 25, 5:37 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXLogan, Sangamon6 hr
Aug 25, 5:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXDeWitt, McLean, Macon6 hr
Aug 25, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMorgan, Sangamon65 min
Aug 25, 6:45 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningILXTazewell6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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.