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River Flood Warning 40, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 13, 2010Piatt County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Jun 13, 2010, 9:42 PM CDT for Piatt County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 15, 2010, 2:30 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 13, 2010, 9:42 PM CDT (02:42 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 15, 2010, 2:30 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 24, 2010, 10:36 AM CDT
In force: 9 days
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Flood severity: Minor

County Piatt County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Sangamon River at Monticello (MNTI2).

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05572000, 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 13, 9:25 PM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 9:25 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 4:06 PM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
406 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2010

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-141100-
CASS-CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-CLARK-CLAY-COLES-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-
DE WITT-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-EFFINGHAM-FULTON-JASPER-KNOX-LAWRENCE-LOGAN-
MACON-MARSHALL-MASON-MCLEAN-MENARD-MORGAN-MOULTRIE-PEORIA-PIATT-
RICHLAND-SANGAMON-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-SHELBY-STARK-TAZEWELL-VERMILION-
WOODFORD-
406 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THERE IS A RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY EVENING
ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS. ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE
POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY MORNING. ANY
THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WIND
DAMAGE AS WELL AS LOCALLY TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. IN ADDITION...VERY
FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HAIL MAY ALSO OCCUR. THE EARLY
EVENING BATCH OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AND MOVE EAST OF
THE AREA AROUND SUNSET.

THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL EXIST OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS
TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN HALF OF CENTRAL ILLINOIS. KEEP
ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS AS THE SITUATION UNFOLDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A STATIONARY FRONT WILL REMAIN ACROSS CENTRAL ILLINOIS THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS...WITH SEVERAL CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED
FROM MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A CONTINUED RISK OF WIND DAMAGE AND
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL EXIST WITH THESE STORMS. MULTIPLE PERIODS
OF HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE RISES ON MANY RIVERS AND
STREAMS...AS WELL AS FLOODING OVER OTHER LOW AREAS AWAY FROM
RIVERS. STAY INFORMED OF LATER FORECASTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE
EVENING...AND MAY BE NEEDED AGAIN LATE TONIGHT.

SHIMON

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 8:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
806 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0730 PM     HAIL             LAKE SARA               39.13N 88.62W
06/13/2010  M0.75 INCH       EFFINGHAM          IL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

DPK

Local storm report, Jun 13, 8:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
818 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0800 PM     FLASH FLOOD      LAKE SARA               39.13N 88.62W
06/13/2010                   EFFINGHAM          IL   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

            MOCCASIN ROAD BETWEEN LAKE SARA ROAD AND NAZARENE CHURCH
            ROAD...WAS CLOSED DUE TO RUNNING WATER OVER ROAD.

&&

DPK

Local storm report, Jun 13, 8:47 PM CDT, 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 13, 8:51 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
851 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0730 PM     HAIL             EFFINGHAM               39.12N 88.55W
06/13/2010  M1.25 INCH       EFFINGHAM          IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORTED BY WAYNE CO EMA

0745 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DIETERICH               39.06N 88.38W
06/13/2010                   EFFINGHAM          IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            BIG CHUNK OF A LARGE TREE DOWN...REPORTED BY WAYNE CO EMA

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Local storm report, Jun 13, 8:52 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
852 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0850 PM     HEAVY RAIN       HIDALGO                 39.16N 88.15W
06/13/2010  M1.20 INCH       JASPER             IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            SINCE 6PM

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 13, 9:37 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
937 PM CDT SUN JUN 13 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0920 PM     HEAVY RAIN       2 E BIRDS               38.84N 87.63W
06/13/2010  M0.92 INCH       LAWRENCE           IL   MESONET

            RAINFALL IN THE PAST 60 MINUTES...SWOP

&&

DPK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 7:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Cumberland	45 min
Jun 13, 7:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Effingham	3 hr
Jun 13, 8:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Effingham	6 hr
Jun 13, 9:38 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox	4 days
Jun 14, 11:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Richland	8 days
Jun 14, 3:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Shelby	61 min
Jun 14, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Shelby	34 min
Jun 14, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper, Richland	54 min
Jun 14, 3:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Champaign	6 hr
Jun 14, 4:28 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Champaign, Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt	5 hr
Jun 14, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion	58 min
Jun 14, 4:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Clay, Richland	41 min
Jun 14, 5:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Edgar, Vermilion	6 hr
Jun 14, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Richland	55 min
Jun 14, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Lawrence	40 min
Jun 14, 5:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Clark, Coles, Douglas, Edgar	4 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.