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River Flood Warning 34, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 2, 2010Fulton County, Knox County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Jun 2, 2010, 11:12 AM CDT for Fulton County, Knox County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 2, 2010, 8:43 PM CDT. It was in force for 46 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 2, 2010, 11:12 AM CDT (16:12 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 2, 2010, 8:43 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 4, 2010, 7:04 PM CDT
In force: 46 hr
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Spoon River (W-IL) at London Mills (LNMI2). The gauge peaked at 17.28 ft at Jun 3, 2010, 8:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 21 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05569500, 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 Jun 2, 10:36 AM CDT, 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 10:36 AM CDT, 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 6:18 AM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 2, 9:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 2, 9:36 AM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 2, 10:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 2, 10:24 AM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 2, 11:03 AM CDT, 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 2, 11:04 AM CDT, 8 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
Jun 1, 9:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ILX	Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas and 21 more	17 hr
Jun 1, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox	57 min
Jun 1, 11:06 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Knox	6 hr
Jun 1, 11:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Woodford	55 min
Jun 2, 12:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Fulton, Knox, Schuyler	66 min
Jun 2, 12:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Marshall, Woodford	59 min
Jun 2, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Fulton, Knox, Mason, Menard, Peoria and 2 more	60 min
Jun 2, 12:56 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox, Peoria	49 min
Jun 2, 1:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, Marshall, Mason, Menard, Peoria and 3 more	67 min
Jun 2, 1:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon, Scott	57 min
Jun 2, 1:12 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Knox	6 hr
Jun 2, 1:26 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Fulton, Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, Woodford	6 hr
Jun 2, 1:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, McLean, Marshall, Tazewell, Woodford	54 min
Jun 2, 1:41 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell, Woodford	6 hr
Jun 2, 1:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Menard, Morgan and 1 more	63 min
Jun 2, 2:17 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Schuyler	6 hr
Jun 2, 2:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas, McLean and 4 more	68 min
Jun 2, 3:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 1 more	60 min
Jun 2, 3:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper and 1 more	64 min
Jun 2, 4:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar	31 min
Jun 2, 6:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Woodford	6 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.