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River Flood Warning 31, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 30, 2009Cass County, Mason County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Apr 30, 2009, 2:15 PM CDT for Cass County, Mason County, Illinois. It took effect at May 2, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 30, 2009, 2:15 PM CDT (19:15 UTC)
In effect from: May 2, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 2, 2009, 11:09 AM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Cass County, IL, Mason County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sangamon River near Chandlerville (CDLI2).

Action stage: 454 ft
Minor stage: 456.6 ft
Moderate stage: 459 ft
Major stage: 462 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 30, 12:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 12:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 30, 9:22 AM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
922 AM CDT THU APR 30 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0800 AM     HEAVY RAIN       NEOGA                   39.32N 88.45W
04/30/2009  M1.05 INCH       CUMBERLAND         IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 30, 11:14 AM CDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1114 AM CDT THU APR 30 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1000 AM     HEAVY RAIN       GALESBURG               40.95N 90.38W
04/30/2009  M1.25 INCH       KNOX               IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            THIS RAIN PUTS GALESBURG AT 6.36 INCHES FOR THE MONTH OF
            APRIL...COMBINED WITH 6.63 INCHES IN MARCH FOR 12.99
            INCHES IN MARCH/APRIL. THIS IS THE WETTEST CONSECUTIVE
            MARCH/APRIL EVER AT GALESBURG...PREVIOUS RECORD 11.88 IN
            1944.

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 30, 11:15 AM CDT, 3 hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1115 AM CDT THU APR 30 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1100 AM     HEAVY RAIN       LOVINGTON               39.71N 88.63W
04/30/2009  M1.30 INCH       MOULTRIE           IL   MESONET

            SINCE MIDNIGHT. SWOP REPORT.

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Local storm report, Apr 30, 11:24 AM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1124 AM CDT THU APR 30 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0730 AM     HEAVY RAIN       KNOXVILLE               40.91N 90.29W
04/30/2009  M1.18 INCH       KNOX               IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

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Local storm report, Apr 30, 11:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1137 AM CDT THU APR 30 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       3 SE ALTAMONT           39.03N 88.71W
04/30/2009  M1.08 INCH       EFFINGHAM          IL   MESONET

            COCORAHS

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 WSW ALTONA            41.10N 90.20W
04/30/2009  M1.00 INCH       KNOX               IL   MESONET

            COCORAHS

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       BROADWELL               40.07N 89.44W
04/30/2009  M1.13 INCH       LOGAN              IL   MESONET

            COCORAHS

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       4 N EFFINGHAM           39.18N 88.55W
04/30/2009  M1.45 INCH       EFFINGHAM          IL   MESONET

            COCORAHS

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 NE GALESBURG          40.96N 90.36W
04/30/2009  M1.21 INCH       KNOX               IL   MESONET

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       4 E LOVINGTON           39.71N 88.56W
04/30/2009  M1.21 INCH       MOULTRIE           IL   MESONET

            COCORAHS

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       SHELBYVILLE             39.41N 88.80W
04/30/2009  M1.45 INCH       SHELBY             IL   MESONET

            COCORAHS

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 SSW ST. JOSEPH        40.10N 88.05W
04/30/2009  M1.30 INCH       CHAMPAIGN          IL   MESONET

            COCORAHS

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 WSW SULLIVAN          39.59N 88.62W
04/30/2009  M1.64 INCH       MOULTRIE           IL   MESONET

            COCORAHS

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Local storm report, Apr 30, 11:39 AM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1139 AM CDT THU APR 30 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1000 AM     HEAVY RAIN       7 N OAKLAND             39.76N 88.03W
04/30/2009  M1.17 INCH       DOUGLAS            IL   MESONET

            STANDING WATER IN FIELDS. SWOP REPORT.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 30, 2:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Cass, Fulton, Mason, Menard, Peoria, Sangamon and 2 more	6 hr
Apr 30, 2:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Mason, Peoria, Stark and 2 more	6 hr
Apr 30, 3:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Cass, DeWitt, Logan, McLean, Mason, Menard and 4 more	6 hr
Apr 30, 8:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox	66 hr
Apr 30, 8:05 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton	4 days
Apr 30, 8:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Coles, Douglas	4 hr
Apr 30, 10:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Piatt	3 days
Apr 30, 4:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Effingham	18 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2009 Every 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.