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River Flood Warning 54, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 20, 2009Clay County, Richland County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Jun 20, 2009, 12:53 PM CDT for Clay County, Richland County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 20, 2009, 8:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 20, 2009, 12:53 PM CDT (17:53 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 20, 2009, 8:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 26, 2009, 9:38 AM CDT
In force: 6 days
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Clay County, IL, Richland County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little Wabash River below Clay City (CLAI2). The gauge peaked at 19.38 ft at Jun 22, 2009, 10:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03379500, 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 Jun 20, 12:29 PM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 12:29 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 11:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 20, 9:36 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 19, 7:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Vermilion	43 min
Jun 19, 7:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Douglas	24 min
Jun 19, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Douglas, Edgar	40 min
Jun 19, 7:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Edgar	17 min
Jun 19, 7:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper	47 min
Jun 19, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Edgar	20 min
Jun 19, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Jasper	30 min
Jun 19, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	45 min
Jun 19, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper, Richland	57 min
Jun 19, 11:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Clark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper and 3 more	5 hr
Jun 20, 12:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Crawford, Lawrence, Richland	62 min
Jun 20, 12:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Crawford, Effingham, Jasper	4 hr
Jun 20, 12:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper, Richland	54 min
Jun 20, 1:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Lawrence	59 min
Jun 20, 9:33 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Lawrence	6 days
Jun 20, 6:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Clay, Effingham	65 min

Nearby

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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.