Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood warning at Jan 12, 2005, 9:02 PM CST for 5 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 12 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
- Jan 12, 2005, 9:02 PM CST (03:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 13, 2005, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties DeWitt County, IL, Logan County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Sangamon County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:03 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 52 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
- 170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 924 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KILX 130304
FFWILX
ILC039-107-113-129-167-131500-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
902 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DE WITT COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
LOGAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
MCLEAN COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
MENARD COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
SANGAMON COUNTY IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 900 AM CST
* AT 852 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 1 INCH OF RAIN HAD FALLEN THIS
EVENING. ADDITIONAL STORMS EXTENDED SOUTHWEST INTO MISSOURI...
THAT ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE REGION.
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE
TONIGHT IN THE WARNED AREA.
* THE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE
...BLOOMINGTON...CLINTON...LINCOLN...SPRINGFIELD...ATHENS...
ATLANTA...AUBURN...BEASON...CARLOCK...CHATHAM...CHESTNUT AND
COLFAX.
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 4011 8998 4012 8958 4028 8955 4031 8923
4059 8924 4061 8896 4069 8894 4070 8858
4057 8861 4058 8849 4035 8851 4007 8877
4008 8910 3956 8959 3953 8990
$$
GOETSCH4 follow-up statements
000
WGUS73 KILX 130504
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1059 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005
ILC039-107-113-129-167-131500-
MCLEAN IL-LOGAN IL-DE WITT IL-MENARD IL-SANGAMON IL-
1059 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DE WITT...LOGAN...MCLEAN...
MENARD AND SANGAMON COUNTIES UNTIL 900 AM CST...
AT 1056 PM CST...MCLEAN COUNTY SHERIFFS REPORTED FLOODING WAS OCCURRING
IN NORMAL. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEAST FROM LINCOLN TO
BLOOMINGTON NORMAL...PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF FROM
ONE HALF TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 100 AM IN THE WARNED AREA.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF
FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY
CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.
REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4011 8998 4012 8958 4028 8955 4031 8923
4059 8924 4061 8896 4069 8894 4070 8858
4057 8861 4058 8849 4035 8851 4007 8877
4008 8910 3956 8959 3953 8990
$$
SMITH000
WGUS73 KILX 130837
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
232 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005
ILC039-107-113-129-167-131500-
MCLEAN IL-LOGAN IL-DE WITT IL-MENARD IL-SANGAMON IL-
232 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DE WITT...LOGAN...MCLEAN...
MENARD AND SANGAMON COUNTIES UNTIL 900 AM CST...
AT 226 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. RAINFALL ESTIMATES FROM NORTH OF SPRINGFIELD TO NEAR BLOOMINGTON
INDICATE ANOTHER ONE HALF INCH HAS FALLEN...IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY
RAIN WHICH OCCURRED EARLIER WEDNESDAY EVENING.
RUNOFF FROM THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME
LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BLOOMINGTON...CLINTON...
LINCOLN...SPRINGFIELD...ATHENS...ATLANTA...AUBURN...BEASON...CARLOCK...
CHATHAM...CHESTNUT AND COLFAX.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
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 FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4011 8998 4012 8958 4028 8955 4031 8923
4059 8924 4061 8896 4069 8894 4070 8858
4057 8861 4058 8849 4035 8851 4007 8877
4008 8910 3956 8959 3953 8990
$$
SMITH000
WGUS73 KILX 131134
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
533 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005
ILC039-107-113-129-167-131500-
MCLEAN IL-LOGAN IL-DE WITT IL-MENARD IL-SANGAMON IL-
533 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DE WITT...LOGAN...MCLEAN...
MENARD AND SANGAMON COUNTIES UNTIL 900 AM CST...
AT 529 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT.
WHILE THE RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS MOST LOCATIONS...FLOODING IS STILL
POSSIBLE.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4011 8998 4012 8958 4028 8955 4031 8923
4059 8924 4061 8896 4069 8894 4070 8858
4057 8861 4058 8849 4035 8851 4007 8877
4008 8910 3956 8959 3953 8990
$$
BAK000
WGUS73 KILX 131441
FFSILX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
841 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005
ILC039-107-113-129-167-131451-
MCLEAN IL-LOGAN IL-DE WITT IL-MENARD IL-SANGAMON IL-
841 AM CST THU JAN 13 2005
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR DE WITT...LOGAN...
MCLEAN...MENARD AND SANGAMON COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE MAJOR FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN
OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4011 8998 4012 8958 4028 8955 4031 8923
4059 8924 4061 8896 4069 8894 4070 8858
4057 8861 4058 8849 4035 8851 4007 8877
4008 8910 3956 8959 3953 8990
$$
BAKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 12, 6:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Peoria | 47 min |
| Jan 12, 7:10 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Peoria, Schuyler, Stark | 12 hr |
| Jan 12, 7:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Scott | 32 min |
| Jan 12, 8:15 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Marshall, Mason, Morgan, Scott, Tazewell and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 12, 11:11 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon, Piatt | 12 hr |
| Jan 12, 11:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 38 min |
| Jan 13, 12:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Effingham, Shelby | 40 min |
| Jan 13, 1:09 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | ILX | Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Edgar and 4 more | 12 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.