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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Lincoln, IL

February 10, 200811 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this winter storm watch at Feb 10, 2008, 3:21 PM CST for 11 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Feb 11, 2008, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 10, 2008, 3:21 PM CST (21:21 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 11, 2008, 3:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 11, 2008, 4:01 AM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL

Counties Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Richland County, IL, Shelby County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 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 winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Feb 10, 3:07 PM CST, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 3:07 PM CST, 14 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 9, 8:11 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningILXMenard4 days
Feb 10, 10:34 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningILXSangamon19 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Illinois, 2008Every winter storm watch in 2008

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.