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River Flood Warning 51, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at May 14, 2008, 2:10 AM CDT for Lawrence County, Illinois. It took effect at May 14, 2008, 9:10 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2008, 2:10 AM CDT (07:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 14, 2008, 9:10 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 18, 2008, 9:27 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 days
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Lawrence County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Embarras River (IL) at Lawrenceville (LAWI2). The gauge peaked at 32.96 ft at May 17, 2008, 9:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 27 ft
- Minor stage
- 30 ft
- Moderate stage
- 37 ft
- Major stage
- 41 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03346500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at May 13, 11:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 13, 11:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 220 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047>053-141200- CASS-CHRISTIAN-DE WITT-FULTON-KNOX-LOGAN-MACON-MARSHALL-MASON- MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-PEORIA-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-STARK- TAZEWELL-WOODFORD- 220 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE ILLINOIS RIVER VALLEY LATE TONIGHT. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WEST OF A BLOOMINGTON TO SHELBYVILLE LINE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING. MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER AT BEARDSTOWN FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THROUGH 10 PM THIS EVENING. ILZ044>046-054>057-061-141200- CHAMPAIGN-COLES-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-MOULTRIE-PIATT-SHELBY-VERMILION- 220 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH I-57 OVER EASTERN ILLINOIS BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BRING AN INCREASING THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH IT APPEARS THE BETTER PROSPECTS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE TO OUR WEST THIS EVENING...A FEW OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS EASTERN ILLINOIS WEDNESDAY MORNING. THERE MAY BE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS LINGERING FROM I-57 EAST WEDNESDAY ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-141200- CLARK-CLAY-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND- 220 PM CDT TUE MAY 13 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST AND APPROACH I-57 IN EASTERN ILLINOIS BY DAYBREAK WEDNESDAY. THIS WILL BRING THE LIKELY CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS THROUGH TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD BE STRONG THROUGH THIS EVENING BEING CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE LITTLE WABASH RIVER AT CLAY CITY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS DURING WEDNESDAY MORNING. THERE MAY BE A FEW THUNDERSTORMS LINGERING WEDNESDAY ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING. FLOODING WILL SUBSIDE ALONG THE LITTLE WABASH RIVER AT CLAY CITY THURSDAY MORNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. HUETTL
In the hours before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean | 38 min |
| May 14, 1:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Clay, Crawford, Effingham, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 4 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.