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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 26, 2010Lawrence County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Mar 26, 2010, 9:53 AM CDT for Lawrence County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 26, 2010, 9:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 26, 2010, 9:53 AM CDT (14:53 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 26, 2010, 9:00 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 28, 2010, 10:06 AM CDT
In force: 37 hr
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 14:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 30.47 ft at Mar 27, 2010, 8:00 AM CDT.

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 Mar 25, 6:30 PM CDT, 15 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 25, 6:30 PM CDT, 15 hours 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 25, 2:55 PM CDT, 18 hours 58 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
255 PM CDT THU MAR 25 2010

ILZ027>031-036-037-040-041-047-049-050-261100-
CASS-FULTON-KNOX-MARSHALL-MASON-MORGAN-PEORIA-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-
STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD-
255 PM CDT THU MAR 25 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER FROM PEORIA TO
DOWNSTREAM OF BEARDSTOWN FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

ILZ038-042-043-048-051-261100-
DE WITT-LOGAN-MCLEAN-MENARD-SANGAMON-
255 PM CDT THU MAR 25 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.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

ILZ044>046-052>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-261100-
CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DOUGLAS-
EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-MACON-MOULTRIE-PIATT-RICHLAND-
SHELBY-VERMILION-
255 PM CDT THU MAR 25 2010

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING OVER CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS...AS A LOW PRESSURE CENTER MOVES FROM
MISSOURI OVER SOUTHERN ILLINOIS INTO KENTUCKY. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 3/4 INCH TO ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.

HJS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 25, 7:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Crawford	3 hr
Mar 25, 8:16 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Richland	4 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2010 Every 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.