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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 27, 2010Clay County, Richland County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Apr 27, 2010, 11:15 AM CDT for Clay County, Richland County, Illinois. It took effect at Apr 27, 2010, 5:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 46 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 27, 2010, 11:15 AM CDT (16:15 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 27, 2010, 5:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 29, 2010, 2:40 PM CDT
In force: 46 hr
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 16:14 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 18.18 ft at Apr 28, 2010, 11:00 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 Apr 27, 6:26 AM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 6:26 AM CDT, 4 hours 49 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
Apr 26, 10:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Morgan	3 hr
Apr 27, 1:56 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	ILX	Champaign, Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, DeWitt and 11 more	18 hr

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.