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River Flood Warning 30, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 17, 2010Clay County, Richland County, Illinois

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.

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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 18.30 ft at May 21, 2010, 4:00 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 1:50 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILXCass, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon, Schuyler and 1 more10 hr
May 17, 6:15 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryILXDeWitt, Logan, Macon, Mason, Menard, Sangamon6 hr
May 17, 6:51 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningILXFulton9 hr
May 17, 8:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchILXSangamon46 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.