Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 74, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Aug 28, 2004, 6:30 PM CDT for Vermilion 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 28, 2004, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2004, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 913 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 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 282332 FFWILX ILC183-290530- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 630 PM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 1230 AM CDT * AT 626 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM RANKIN EAST TO HOOPESTON. DOPPLER HOURLY RAINFALL ESTIMATES SINCE 500 PM RANGE FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES IN THIS AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THIS AREA THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF VERMILION COUNTY BY 800 PM WHICH 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 4049 8756 4012 8755 4011 8794 4047 8794 $$ SMITH
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KILX 290047 FFSILX ILC183-290530- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 744 PM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR VERMILION COUNTY UNTIL 1230 AM CDT... AT 744 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAINS WERE DIMINISHING ACROSS NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY...HOWEVER THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL CONTINUE INTO THE LATE EVENING HOURS. VERMILION COUNTY SHERIFFS REPORTED WATER OVER ROUTES 49 AND 9 IN EXTREME NORTHWEST VERMILION COUNTY. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE HOW MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS. LAT...LON 4047 8757 3994 8756 3994 8792 4046 8793 $$ SMITH
000 WGUS73 KILX 290338 FFSILX ILC183-290530- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1036 PM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR VERMILION COUNTY UNTIL 1230 AM CDT... AT 1036 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF WHICH CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL... MOVING ACROSS EXTREME NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT WHICH WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING WHICH HAS ALREADY OCCURRED OVER THE EXTREME NORTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY EARLIER THIS EVENING. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE HOW MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. 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 4048 8758 4009 8756 4010 8793 4048 8792 $$ SMITH
000 WGUS73 KILX 290449 FFSILX ILC183-290500- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1149 PM CDT SAT AUG 28 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOOD THREAT HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 4046 8756 4015 8755 4015 8793 4047 8792 $$ SMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Macon | 54 min |
| Aug 27, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Piatt | 62 min |
| Aug 27, 10:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 5:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Lawrence, Richland | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 5:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Crawford, Jasper | 6 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.