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Winter Storm Watch 5, NWS Lincoln, IL

February 24, 200813 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this winter storm watch at Feb 24, 2008, 3:18 PM CST for 13 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Feb 25, 2008, 10:38 AM CST. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 24, 2008, 3:18 PM CST (21:18 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 25, 2008, 10:38 AM CST
Expired
Feb 25, 2008, 3:07 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL

Counties Champaign County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Knox County, IL, Marshall County, IL, McLean County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 3:25 AM CSTFreezing Fog AdvisoryILXChampaign, Vermilion6 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.