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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 28, 2009Fulton County, Knox County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Mar 28, 2009, 10:40 PM CDT for Fulton County, Knox County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 29, 2009, 6:04 PM CDT. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 28, 2009, 10:40 PM CDT (03:40 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 29, 2009, 6:04 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 30, 2009, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Spoon River (W-IL) at London Mills (LNMI2).

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 21 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05569500, 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 28, 9:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 9:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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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.