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River Flood Warning 27, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Apr 29, 2009, 6:42 AM CDT for Lawrence County, Illinois. It took effect at Apr 29, 2009, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 2009, 6:42 AM CDT (11:42 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 29, 2009, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 6, 2009, 7:33 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 days
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Lawrence County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Embarras River (IL) at Lawrenceville (LAWI2). The gauge peaked at 31.38 ft at May 1, 2009, 6:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 27 ft
- Minor stage
- 30 ft
- Moderate stage
- 37 ft
- Major stage
- 41 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03346500, 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 29, 6:30 AM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 6:30 AM CDT, 12 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 29, 3:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILX | Cass, Christian, Fulton, Knox, Logan, McLean and 11 more | 19 hr |
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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.