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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 8, 2010Clay County, Richland County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Apr 8, 2010, 5:22 AM CDT for Clay County, Richland County, Illinois. It took effect at Apr 8, 2010, 2:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 2010, 5:22 AM CDT (10:22 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 8, 2010, 2:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 12, 2010, 9:16 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 10:25 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 Little Wabash River below Clay City (CLAI2). The gauge peaked at 19.56 ft at Apr 10, 2010, 12:00 AM 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 Apr 7, 6:18 PM CDT, 11 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 6:18 PM CDT, 11 hours 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 4:34 PM CDT, 12 hours 48 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 4:43 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningILXLawrence41 hr

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.