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River Flood Warning 30, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at May 17, 2010, 9:21 AM CDT for Clay County, Richland County, Illinois. It took effect at May 17, 2010, 9:15 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 2010, 9:21 AM CDT (14:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 17, 2010, 9:15 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 22, 2010, 7:55 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 14:21 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 18.30 ft at May 21, 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 1:50 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Cass, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon, Schuyler and 1 more | 10 hr |
| May 17, 6:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Mason, Menard, Sangamon | 6 hr |
| May 17, 6:51 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton | 9 hr |
| May 17, 8:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILX | Sangamon | 46 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.