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River Flood Warning 27, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 29, 2009Lawrence County, Illinois

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.

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 Embarras River (IL) at Lawrenceville (LAWI2). The gauge peaked at 31.38 ft at May 1, 2009, 6:00 PM CDT.

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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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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 5:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 3:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchILXCass, Christian, Fulton, Knox, Logan, McLean and 11 more19 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2009Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.