Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 2005, 6:58 PM CDT for Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 2 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
- Jun 7, 2005, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2005, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Chicago radar (KLOT), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 87 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
- 606 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1322 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 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 080001 FFWILX ILC183-080200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 658 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 900 PM CDT * AT 651 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN NORTHEAST OF POTOMAC AND BISMARCK. * SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH 830 PM ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...HOOPESTON... ROSSVILLE...ALVIN AND HENNING. FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED 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 AUTOMOBILE. REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4050 8752 4029 8752 4030 8780 4051 8782 $$ KH
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KILX 080118 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 813 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 ILC183-080200- VERMILION IL- 813 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHEAST VERMILION COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM CDT... AT 810 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY NORTH OF POTOMAC...HENNING AND ALVIN. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 3 TO 6 HOURS EAST OF ROSSVILLE AND HOOPESTON. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD GRADUALLY WEAKEN AFTER SUNSET ACROSS NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY. UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BEFORE 9 PM. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...HOOPESTON AND ROSSVILLE. FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4050 8752 4029 8752 4030 8780 4051 8782 $$ KH
000 WGUS73 KILX 080201 FFSILX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 900 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 ILC183-080215- VERMILION IL- 900 PM CDT TUE JUN 7 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST VERMILION COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM... THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS DIMINISHED OVER NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY AFTER SUNSET ALONG WITH THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. A THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF RANKIN THROUGH 10 PM...PRODUCING PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. OTHERWISE... IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. REPORT ANY FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4050 8752 4029 8752 4030 8780 4051 8782 $$ KH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Vermilion | 27 min |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.