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Flood Watch 4, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 2, 200835 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flood watch at Mar 2, 2008, 7:59 PM CST for 35 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Mar 3, 2008, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 2, 2008, 7:59 PM CST (01:59 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 3, 2008, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Mar 4, 2008, 2:30 AM CST
In force
27 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Flood severity
None
All 35 counties

Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Knox County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Richland County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 2008-03-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2008-03-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 269 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1391 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
269 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
377 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Mar 2, 5:34 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 5:34 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 2, 3:33 PM CST, 4 hours 26 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
333 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

ILZ027>031-036>038-040-041-047-031200-
CASS-FULTON-KNOX-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-PEORIA-SCHUYLER-STARK-
TAZEWELL-WOODFORD-
333 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER LATE TONIGHT
BRINGING WITH IT THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS. ANY THUNDERSTORMS
THAT DO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE
LIMITS. RAINFALL MAY BE LOCALLY HEAVY.

THE ILLINOIS RIVER WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD FROM HAVANA TO BEARDSTOWN
FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. ADDITIONAL RISES WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY
NEXT WEEK...AND LOCATIONS FARTHER UPSTREAM MAY REACH FLOOD STAGE
ONCE AGAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY PUSH ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY
MORNING BRINGING THE THREAT FOR MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS.
COLDER AIR WILL FILTER BACK INTO THE AREA BEHIND THIS SYSTEM. RAIN
MAY BECOME MIXED WITH OR CHANGE TO SNOW BEFORE ENDING LATE MONDAY.
AT THIS TIME...ANY ACCUMULATIONS BY MONDAY EVENING WILL BE UNDER
AN INCH.

ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM MAY BRING A PERIOD OF ACCUMULATING SNOWS TO
THE AREA ON TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

ILZ042>046-048>057-061-031200-
CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-COLES-DE WITT-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-LOGAN-MACON-
MENARD-MORGAN-MOULTRIE-PIATT-SANGAMON-SCOTT-SHELBY-VERMILION-
333 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER LATE TONIGHT
BRINGING WITH IT THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS. ANY THUNDERSTORMS
THAT DO DEVELOP LATE TONIGHT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE
LIMITS. RAINFALL MAY BE LOCALLY HEAVY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY PUSH ACROSS THE AREA MONDAY
MORNING BRINGING THE THREAT FOR MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS.

COLDER AIR WILL FILTER BACK INTO THE AREA BEHIND THIS SYSTEM WITH
THE RAIN EXPECTED TO BECOME MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW
MONDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING. SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

HOWEVER...A MORE SIGNIFICANT WEATHER SYSTEM MAY BRING A PERIOD OF
ACCUMULATING SNOWS TO THE AREA ON TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-031200-
CLARK-CLAY-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND-
333 PM CST SUN MAR 2 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE AREA TOWARDS EARLY TOMORROW
MORNING...BRINGING WITH IT THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS. ANY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DO DEVELOP ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE
LIMITS. RAINFALL MAY BE LOCALLY HEAVY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THE THREAT FOR MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
AREA MONDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT ALONG THE SLOW MOVING COLD
FRONT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY MORNING...BUT
NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED.

COLDER AIR WILL FILTER BACK INTO THE AREA BEHIND THIS SYSTEM LATE
MONDAY...POSSIBLY SETTING THE STAGE FOR ANOTHER WINTER WEATHER
EVENT MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY AS A SECONDARY STORM SYSTEM MOVES
THROUGH THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING
RAIN OR SNOW MONDAY NIGHT...WITH A CHANCE FOR RAIN OR SNOW TO
CONTINUE ON TUESDAY AS ANOTHER WAVE OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES THROUGH.
SOME ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

HARDIMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 3:04 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchILXCass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 19 more12 hr
Mar 3, 5:02 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningILXFulton, Knox29 hr
Mar 3, 10:14 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningILXClay, Richland7 days
Mar 3, 10:16 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningILXLawrence6 days
Mar 3, 11:00 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningILXMarshall, Putnam4 days
Mar 3, 11:00 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningILXPeoria, Tazewell, Woodford8 days
Mar 3, 3:25 PM CSTSnow AdvisoryILXCass, Champaign, Christian, DeWitt, Douglas, Logan and 10 more27 hr
Mar 3, 3:25 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningILXClark, Clay, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 4 more12 hr
Mar 3, 3:25 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryILXChampaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 10 more29 hr

Nearby

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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.