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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 29, 200917 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood watch at Apr 29, 2009, 3:11 PM CDT for 17 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Apr 30, 2009, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 29, 2009, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 30, 2009, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 30, 2009, 10:35 AM CDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Flood severity: None

Counties Cass County, IL, Christian County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL, Logan County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 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 flash 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 flash flood watch went out at Apr 29, 2:43 PM CDT, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 2:43 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 3:04 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 29, 6:42 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Lawrence	8 days

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Illinois, 2009 Every flash flood watch in 2009

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.