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River Flood Warning 35, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 3, 2010Clay County, Richland County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Jun 3, 2010, 4:23 AM CDT for Clay County, Richland County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 4, 2010, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 2010, 4:23 AM CDT (09:23 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 4, 2010, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 5, 2010, 9:31 AM CDT
In force: 33 hr
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 09:24 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 17.32 ft at Jun 4, 2010, 11:00 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 Jun 3, 2:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 2:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 3:16 PM CDT, 13 hours 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 1:27 AM CDT, 2 hours 56 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 3, 1:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Clay, Richland	63 min
Jun 3, 1:42 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Clay, Jasper, Richland	6 hr
Jun 3, 1:46 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Christian, Shelby	2 hr
Jun 3, 3:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Coles	3 hr
Jun 3, 4:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Edgar	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.