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River Flood Warning 33, NWS Lincoln, IL

May 26, 2010Peoria County, Tazewell County, Woodford County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at May 26, 2010, 9:03 AM CDT for Peoria County, Tazewell County, Woodford County, Illinois. It took effect at May 26, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 26, 2010, 9:03 AM CDT (14:03 UTC)
In effect from: May 26, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 27, 2010, 11:32 AM CDT
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Peoria County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Illinois River at Peoria (PIAI2).

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 26, 6:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 6:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 5:47 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 7:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 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
May 26, 4:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Fulton, Knox, Peoria, Stark	6 hr
May 26, 1:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Mason	42 min
May 26, 1:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Fulton	3 hr
May 26, 1:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Fulton, Knox	3 hr
May 26, 2:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Fulton	54 min
May 26, 2:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Christian	48 min
May 26, 2:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Morgan	42 min
May 26, 2:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Woodford	38 min
May 26, 3:00 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Logan	97 min
May 26, 3:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Logan	51 min
May 26, 3:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Morgan	52 min
May 26, 3:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Sangamon	45 min
May 26, 3:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Menard, Morgan, Sangamon	3 hr
May 26, 3:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Coles, Douglas	3 hr
May 26, 4:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Cass	59 min
May 26, 4:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Sangamon	8 hr
May 26, 4:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Coles	52 min
May 26, 4:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Scott	32 min
May 26, 5:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Champaign, Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt	2 hr
May 26, 5:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Cass, Morgan, Scott	4 hr
May 26, 5:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	4 hr
May 26, 5:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Cass, Morgan, Scott	4 hr
May 26, 5:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	38 min
May 26, 6:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	4 hr

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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.