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River Flood Warning 24, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Apr 25, 2009, 10:43 AM CDT for Marshall County, Putnam County, Illinois. It was in force for 18 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 2009, 10:43 AM CDT (15:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2009, 1:40 AM CDT
- In force
- 18 days
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Marshall County, IL, Putnam County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Illinois River near Henry (HNYI2). The gauge peaked at 26.02 ft at May 3, 2009, 5:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 22 ft
- Minor stage
- 23 ft
- Moderate stage
- 24 ft
- Major stage
- 31 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05558300, 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 Apr 25, 6:28 AM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 6:28 AM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL 515 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2009 ILZ027>031-036-037-040-041-047-261100- CASS-FULTON-KNOX-MARSHALL-MASON-PEORIA-SCHUYLER-STARK-TAZEWELL- WOODFORD- 515 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS MORNING. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH THE STORMS THIS MORNING. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SOME OF THE STORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE THREAT...THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. FOR INTERESTS ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE FROM PEORIA TO BEARDSTOWN THROUGH THE WEEKEND. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. KEEP ABREAST OF LATER FORECASTS AS THE TIMING AND LOCATION OF THE GREATEST THREAT FOR ANY ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER BECOMES BETTER DEFINED...ESPECIALLY IN THE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY EARLY NEXT WEEK...HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS. PRESENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST THE PRIMARY TIME FRAME FOR ANY SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE FROM 300 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING. ILZ038-042>046-048>053-261100- CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-DE WITT-LOGAN-MACON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN- PIATT-SANGAMON-SCOTT-VERMILION- 515 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRACK ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS THIS MORNING. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH THE STORMS THIS MORNING. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE AGAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. SOME OF THE STORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD BEGIN TO DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE THREAT...SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. KEEP ABREAST OF LATER FORECASTS AS THE TIMING AND LOCATION OF THE GREATEST THREAT FOR ANY ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER BECOMES BETTER DEFINED...ESPECIALLY IN THE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY EARLY NEXT WEEK...HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO OCCUR WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. PRESENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST THE PRIMARY TIME FRAME WOULD BE FROM 400 PM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING. ILZ054>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-261100- CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM- JASPER-LAWRENCE-MOULTRIE-RICHLAND-SHELBY- 515 AM CDT SAT APR 25 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING AND AGAIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON...PRIMARILY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY AS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY SHIFTS SOUTHEAST. KEEP ABREAST OF LATER FORECASTS AS THE TIMING AND LOCATION OF THE GREATEST THREAT FOR ANY ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER BECOMES BETTER DEFINED...ESPECIALLY IN THE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT TIME FRAME. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO A DISTINCT POSSIBILITY EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT PUSHES ACROSS SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT. SMITH
In the hours before
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Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 6:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Menard | 57 min |
| Apr 25, 7:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Stark | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | McLean | 38 min |
| Apr 25, 6:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Tazewell | 37 min |
| Apr 25, 6:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Woodford | 53 min |
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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.