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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Lincoln, IL

January 11, 20056 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jan 11, 2005, 9:20 PM CST for 6 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 120 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 11, 2005, 9:20 PM CST (03:20 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2005, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
120 days
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Macon County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Vermilion County, IL

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:20 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 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 00:00Z on 2005-01-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2005-01-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
438 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
207 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 120322
FFWILX
ILC019-021-115-147-183-120915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
920 PM CST TUE JAN 11 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  MACON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  PIATT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 315 AM CST

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE MODERATE 
TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FALLING FROM JUST NORTH OF TAYLORVILLE EAST 
TOWARDS CHAMPAIGN AND DANVILLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES 
HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA SINCE EARLIER THIS EVENING...WITH ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

FLOODING IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT...AS DARKNESS OBSCURES THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4043 8774 4001 8758 3989 8811 3989 8846
      3980 8847 3979 8852 3980 8875 3974 8877
      3966 8903 3960 8904 3942 8932 3942 8932
      3975 8933 3999 8900

$$
SMITH
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS53 KILX 112321
FFWILX
ILC045-120215-
/O.NEW.KILX.FF.W.0001.050511T2320Z-050512T0215Z/
/0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
620 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL EDGAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 612 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.   
  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED OVER 3 INCHES NEAR EDGAR.

* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IN THE
  WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH
  FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING
  INCLUDE...CHRISMAN AND EDGAR.

LARGE AMOUNTS OF HAIL MAY BLOCK WATER RUNOFF LEADING TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING.

A FLASH FLOODING WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR
OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 3981 8767 3972 8766 3970 8780 3976 8784

$$

BARKER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 12, 5:26 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXSchuyler64 min
Jan 12, 5:57 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton48 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005

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.