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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 17, 2010Sangamon County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood watch at May 17, 2010, 8:38 AM CDT for Sangamon County, Illinois. It was in force for 46 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 17, 2010, 8:38 AM CDT (13:38 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2010, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
46 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Flood severity
None

County Sangamon County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 1:50 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILXCass, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon, Schuyler and 1 more10 hr
May 17, 6:15 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILXDeWitt, Logan, Macon, Mason, Menard, Sangamon6 hr
May 17, 6:51 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningILXFulton9 hr
May 17, 9:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningILXClay, Richland5 days

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Illinois, 2010Every flash flood watch in 2010

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.