Alert archive / Illinois / Flood Watches in 2006
Flood Watch 3, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flood watch at Aug 18, 2006, 3:10 PM CDT for 13 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Aug 18, 2006, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 18, 2006, 3:10 PM CDT (20:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 18, 2006, 4:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2006, 3:11 AM CDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Coles County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Macon County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Vermilion County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Aug 18, 1:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 1:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 18, 11:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 1139 AM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006 ILZ029-031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-191645- PEORIA-WOODFORD-FULTON-TAZEWELL-MCLEAN-SCHUYLER-MASON-LOGAN- DE WITT-PIATT-CHAMPAIGN-VERMILION-CASS-MENARD-SCOTT-MORGAN- SANGAMON-CHRISTIAN-MACON-MOULTRIE-DOUGLAS-COLES-EDGAR-SHELBY- CUMBERLAND-CLARK-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-CRAWFORD-CLAY-RICHLAND-LAWRENCE- 1139 AM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK THAT SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS FROM MIDDLE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG AND DAMAGING WINDS. IN ADDITION...SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS THAT EXPERIENCE REPEATED ROUNDS OF THE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING BEFORE A FRONTAL BOUNDARY SHIFTS SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. THIS WILL HELP PUSH THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT TO OUR SOUTH BY LATE SATURDAY EVENING. AT THIS TIME...IT DOES NOT APPEAR ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED BETWEEN 3 PM AND 9 PM. ILZ027-028-030-191645- KNOX-STARK-MARSHALL- 1139 AM CDT FRI AUG 18 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER PARTS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...HOWEVER SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY EVENING BEFORE A FRONTAL BOUNDARY SHIFTS SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. THIS WILL HELP PUSH THE THUNDERSTORM THREAT TO OUR SOUTH BY LATE SATURDAY EVENING. AT THIS TIME...IT DOES NOT APPEAR ANY OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS DURING THE DAY SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. BARKER
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.