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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 10, 2009McLean County, Tazewell County, Woodford County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Mar 10, 2009, 11:03 AM CDT for McLean County, Tazewell County, Woodford County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 10, 2009, 6:20 PM CDT. It was in force for 44 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 10, 2009, 11:03 AM CDT (16:03 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 10, 2009, 6:20 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 12, 2009, 2:39 PM CDT
In force: 44 hr
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties McLean County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mackinaw River near Congerville (CNGI2). The gauge peaked at 15.90 ft at Mar 11, 2009, 5:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05567500, 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 Mar 10, 10:51 AM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 10:51 AM CDT, 12 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
Mar 10, 4:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Mason, Peoria, Schuyler and 3 more	6 hr
Mar 10, 3:52 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ILX	Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more	14 hr
Mar 10, 6:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton	18 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.