1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 16, 7:35 PM CST, 41 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 835 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2004 .DISCUSSION...MESOLOW NEAR BLOOMINGTON WITH CONVECTION CONTINUING ALONG BOUNDARY EASTWARD TO NORTH OF DANVILLE...AND SOUTHWEST TO ST LOUIS. THIS ACTIVITY SHOULD CONTINUE INTO AT LEAST THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SEVERE THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH WITH LACK OF SURFACE HEATING. MEANWHILE...CONVECTIVE COMPLEX OVER EASTERN IOWA/WESTERN ILLINOIS IS ALSO EXPECTED TO DIMINISH. SOME DYING REMNANTS MAY MOVE INTO THE WESTERN ZONES OVERNIGHT...BUT NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM THIS ACTIVITY EITHER. WILL CONTINUE WITH LIKELY/CATEGORICAL POPS OVER THE EAST OVERNIGHT...WITH CHANCE POPS OVER THE WEST. NO OTHER CHANGES PLANNED. && .PREV DISCUSSION... FORECAST CHALLENGES AHEAD INCLUDE AREAL COVERAGE OF PRECIP THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT...AND CONTINUING PRECIP CHANCES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK AS UPPER AIR PATTERN LOCKED IN PLACE ACRS THE CONUS WITH 500MB TROF DIGGING SLOWLY SE INTO THE UPPER LAKES WHILE WEAK SHORTWAVE ENERGY PUSHES NORTHEAST ALONG WESTERN EDGE OF BERMUDA HIGH INTO THE OHIO VALLEY AND MIDWEST...KEEPING PRECIP CHANCES GOING INTO AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF OF THE WEEKEND. MODEL WISE...WL STICK WITH THE ETA...AT LEAST IN THE SHORT TERM...AS IT HAS BEEN HANDLING THE SMALL SCALE FEATURES AND PRECIP BETTER THAN THE GFS OVER THE PAST SVL RUNS. SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT... SFC ANALYSIS INDICATING CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY/SHEAR AXIS LOCATED FROM JUST SOUTH OF STL TO SOUTH OF TERRE HAUTE. CONVERGENCE HAS BEEN INCREASING THE PAST FEW HOURS ALONG THIS BNDRY. MEANWHILE...FURTHER WEST NEAR THE SYNOPTIC SCALE BNDRY...CONVECTION HAS BEEN FIRING MOST OF THE AFTERNOON ALONG AND NORTH OF DSM...WITH A SECONDARY LINE EXTENDING SOUTH INTO NORTH CNTRL MO. WATER VAPOR LOOP INDICATING SVL VORT LOBES SHIFTING NORTHEAST INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. ONE SHEARED LOBE SEEN ACRS THE ERN TX INTO SRN LA WHICH MODELS TEND TO MINOR OUT WITH TIME THIS EVENING. ACRS THE SE HALF OF THE FCST AREA...ENOUGH LOW LVL CONVERGENCE ALONG THIS BNDRY TO WARRANT HIGHER POPS FOR THE EVENING HOURS. FURTHER NORTH AND WEST...WEAK BNDRY ACRS CNTRL IA EWD TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER MAY BE ANOTHER FOCUS FOR EVENING STORMS. MAY DECIDE TO GO WITH SCT WORDING FOR THE EVENING WITH LOW POPS OVERNIGHT IN THIS AREA. BNDRY EXPCTD TO FINALLY MAKE IT INTO AT LEAST OUR NORTHERN COUNTIES ON THURSDAY AS SIGNIFICANT SHORTWAVE PUSHES ACRS THE NRN TIER OF STATES...EVENTUALLY HELPING TO EDGE FRONT FURTHER SOUTH ACRS OUR AREA. JUST HOW FAR SOUTH IT WILL PUSH IS THE REAL CHALLENGE AS SVL VORT MAXES FCST TO MOVE ALONG THE SRN PERIPHERY OF THE STRONGER WESTERLY FLOW INTO THE WEEKEND KEEPING US AT LEAST IN DAILY CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS. ETA AND GFS MODELS SUGGESTING MCS ACTIVITY AHEAD OF ONE OF THESE VORT MAXES EITHER LATE FRI OR FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH A SECOND MCS PASSING ACRS KS AND MO ON SATURDAY AND SAT EVE. LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... DUE TO UNCERTAINTY OF BNDRY LOCATION AS FRONT BECOMES PARALLEL WITH UPPER FLOW...WL KEEP LOW CHANCE POPS GOING FOR AT LEAST THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE FCST AREA DURING THE SECOND HALF OF THE WEEKEND. A STRONGER SHORTWAVE IS FCST TO PUSH INTO THE MIDWEST DURING THE DAY MONDAY WARRANTING SOME POPS ACRS MOST OF THE AREA. GFS ENSEMBLES SUGGESTING VERY LITTLE CHANGE WITH UPPER LOW OVER HUDSON BAY WHILE RIDGING HOLDS OVER THE WEST...KEEPING THE MIDWEST IN THE STRONGER ...MORE ACTIVE WESTERLY FLOW INTO AT LEAST THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT WEEK. THIS MAKES TIMING OF ANY PRECIP EVENTS VERY DIFFICULT. USING THE GFS ENSEMBLE AND UKMET...IT APPEARS BY MIDWEEK...ANOTHER FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BE CLOSE ENOUGH TO OUR AREA TO WARRANT ADDING POPS IN FOR WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. && .ILX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. && 04/SMITH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1118 AM CDT WED JUN 16 2004 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>055-061-171100- CASS-CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-DE WITT-DOUGLAS-FULTON-KNOX-LOGAN-MACON- MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-MOULTRIE-PEORIA-PIATT-SANGAMON- SCHUYLER-SCOTT-SHELBY-STARK-TAZEWELL-VERMILION-WOODFORD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMINGTON...CHAMPAIGN...DANVILLE... DECATUR...GALESBURG...HAVANA...JACKSONVILLE...LINCOLN...PEORIA... SHELBYVILLE...SPRINGFIELD AND TAYLORVILLE 1118 AM CDT WED JUN 16 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL ILLINOIS...WEST OF AN EFFINGHAM TO PARIS LINE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. HOWEVER...ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. A FEW STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST INTO SATURDAY...AS DISTURBANCES MOVE ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT CONTINUES TO MEANDER ACROSS ILLINOIS. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. ILZ056-057-062-063-066>068-071>073-171100- CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE- RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EFFINGHAM...FLORA... LAWRENCEVILLE AND MATTOON 1118 AM CDT WED JUN 16 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...ALONG AND EAST OF AN EFFINGHAM TO PARIS LINE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY AFTER 2 PM...PERSISTING INTO THE EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. IN ADDITION...THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH FLASH FLOODING A THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL PERSIST INTO SATURDAY...AS DISTURBANCES MOVE ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT CONTINUES TO MEANDER ACROSS ILLINOIS. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. && THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC AND CLIMATE INFORMATION...IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT: HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/ILX. THIS ADDRESS IS ALL IN LOWER CASE. PLAHMER
The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 135 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:17 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Very heavy rains in a short period of time flooded numerous roads in northern Vermilion County. This included roads in the Rossville, Armstrong and Hoopeston areas.
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