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River Flood Warning 36, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 4, 2010Fulton County, Knox County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Jun 4, 2010, 9:36 PM CDT for Fulton County, Knox County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 5, 2010, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 55 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 4, 2010, 9:36 PM CDT (02:36 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 5, 2010, 9:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 7, 2010, 3:31 PM CDT
In force: 55 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 02:40 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 17.26 ft at Jun 6, 2010, 4:00 PM 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 4, 8:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 8:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 2:50 PM CDT, 6 hours 46 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
250 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 2010

ILZ027>031-036-037-040-041-047-051200-
CASS-FULTON-KNOX-MARSHALL-MASON-PEORIA-SCHUYLER-STARK-TAZEWELL-
WOODFORD-
250 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SUNSET...
AS A COLD FRONT MOVES TOWARD CENTRAL ILLINOIS FROM THE NORTHWEST.
THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN
AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND ONE INCH WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

THE ILLINOIS RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF PEORIA IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN OR
GET INTO FLOOD FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. THE SPOON RIVER AT LONDON
MILLS IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THE FRONT WILL STALL OUT ACROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY...SETTING THE
STAGE FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...
ESPECIALLY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINS OVER 1 INCH
FROM I-74 NORTH. THE MAIN THREATS WILL CONTINUE TO BE DAMAGING
WINDS...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH 9 PM...AND THEN AGAIN TOWARD
SUNRISE SATURDAY.

ILZ038-042>046-048>057-061>063-066>068-073-051200-
CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-CLARK-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-DE WITT-
DOUGLAS-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-LOGAN-MACON-MCLEAN-MENARD-
MORGAN-MOULTRIE-PIATT-SANGAMON-SCOTT-SHELBY-VERMILION-
250 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...AS A COLD FRONT MOVES TOWARD CENTRAL
ILLINOIS FROM THE NORTHWEST. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING
WINDS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS AROUND ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THE FRONT WILL STALL OUT ACROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY...SETTING THE
STAGE FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...
ESPECIALLY SATURDAY MORNING...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINS OVER 1 INCH
FROM I-74 NORTH. THE MAIN THREATS WILL CONTINUE TO BE DAMAGING
WINDS...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.

THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 4 PM AND 11 PM.

ILZ071-072-051200-
CLAY-RICHLAND-
250 PM CDT FRI JUN 4 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST
ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND THIS EVENING...AS A COLD FRONT MOVES TOWARD CENTRAL ILLINOIS FROM
THE NORTHWEST. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE
HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND
ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

THE LITTLE WABASH RIVER AT CLAY CITY IS EXPECTED TO BE IN FLOOD
THROUGH SUNDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THE FRONT WILL STALL OUT ACROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY...SETTING THE
STAGE FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...
ESPECIALLY SATURDAY MORNING. THE MAIN THREATS WILL CONTINUE TO BE
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY
RAIN.

THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 4 PM AND 11 PM.

KH

In the hours 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 4, 7:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Stark	66 min
Jun 4, 7:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Fulton, Mason	63 min
Jun 4, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Mason	25 min
Jun 5, 12:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton	4 days

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.