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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 12, 2010Clay County, Richland County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Mar 12, 2010, 3:25 PM CST for Clay County, Richland County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 13, 2010, 2:00 AM CST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 12, 2010, 3:25 PM CST (21:25 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 13, 2010, 2:00 AM CST
Expired
Mar 16, 2010, 5:53 PM CDT
In force
4 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 21:25 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 Little Wabash River below Clay City (CLAI2). The gauge peaked at 18.22 ft at Mar 14, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT.

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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 Mar 12, 2:40 PM CST, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 2:40 PM CST, 45 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 12, 3:03 PM CST, 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
303 PM CST FRI MAR 12 2010

ILZ036-040-041-047-049-050-131200-
CASS-FULTON-MASON-MORGAN-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-
303 PM CST FRI MAR 12 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

MINOR FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND ALONG
THE ILLINOIS RIVER FROM HAVANA DOWNSTREAM THROUGH BEARDSTOWN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT MAY CAUSE RISES ON
ADDITIONAL RIVERS AND STREAMS THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

ILZ063-068-071>073-131200-
CLARK-CLAY-CRAWFORD-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND-
303 PM CST FRI MAR 12 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST ON THE WABASH RIVER...AS WELL AS ON THE
LITTLE WABASH RIVER NEAR CLAY CITY. MODERATE RAINFALL TONIGHT MAY
ALSO CAUSE RISES ON OTHER STREAMS AND RIVERS IN SOUTHEAST
ILLINOIS THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

ILZ027>031-037-038-042>046-048-051>057-061-062-066-067-131200-
CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-COLES-CUMBERLAND-DE WITT-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-
EFFINGHAM-JASPER-KNOX-LOGAN-MACON-MARSHALL-MCLEAN-MENARD-MOULTRIE-
PEORIA-PIATT-SANGAMON-SHELBY-STARK-TAZEWELL-VERMILION-WOODFORD-
303 PM CST FRI MAR 12 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT MAY CAUSE RISES ON
AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2010Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.