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River Flood Warning 23, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 1, 2010Clay County, Richland County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at May 1, 2010, 9:24 AM CDT for Clay County, Richland County, Illinois. It took effect at May 1, 2010, 5:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 1, 2010, 9:24 AM CDT (14:24 UTC)
In effect from: May 1, 2010, 5:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 6, 2010, 1:01 AM 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 14:26 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 19.30 ft at May 3, 2010, 4:00 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 May 1, 6:27 AM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 6:27 AM CDT, 2 hours 57 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 30, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall	21 min
Apr 30, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall	20 min
Apr 30, 11:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Clay	60 min
May 1, 12:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	51 min
May 1, 12:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Clay, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Richland	4 hr
May 1, 12:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Clark, Cumberland	65 min
May 1, 12:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Crawford, Lawrence	38 min
May 1, 12:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford	26 min

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.