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River Flood Warning 41, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 14, 2010Clay County, Richland County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Jun 14, 2010, 11:07 AM CDT for Clay County, Richland County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 16, 2010, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 14, 2010, 11:07 AM CDT (16:07 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 16, 2010, 5:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 22, 2010, 10:24 PM CDT
In force: 7 days
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 16:07 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).

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 14, 10:06 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 10:06 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 6:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 14, 7:17 AM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 14, 8:03 AM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 14, 10:21 AM CDT, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1021 AM CDT MON JUN 14 2010

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

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 WNW EFFINGHAM         39.13N 88.59W
06/14/2010  M2.34 INCH       EFFINGHAM          IL   MESONET

            COCORAHS REPORT

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       4 E MONTROSE            39.17N 88.30W
06/14/2010  M1.44 INCH       JASPER             IL   MESONET

            COCORAHS REPORT

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DRH

Local storm report, Jun 14, 10:23 AM CDT, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1023 AM CDT MON JUN 14 2010

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

0600 AM     HEAVY RAIN       3 E PANA                39.39N 89.02W
06/14/2010  M2.00 INCH       SHELBY             IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR TOTAL

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       MARIETTA                40.50N 90.39W
06/14/2010  M1.62 INCH       FULTON             IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR TOTAL

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       PARIS                   39.62N 87.69W
06/14/2010  M1.93 INCH       EDGAR              IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR TOTAL

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 WNW EFFINGHAM         39.13N 88.59W
06/14/2010  M2.34 INCH       EFFINGHAM          IL   MESONET

            COCORAHS REPORT

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       4 E MONTROSE            39.17N 88.30W
06/14/2010  M1.44 INCH       JASPER             IL   MESONET

            COCORAHS REPORT

0800 AM     HEAVY RAIN       CHARLESTON              39.48N 88.18W
06/14/2010  M1.82 INCH       COLES              IL   MESONET

            24 HOUR RAINFALL. SWOP REPORT.

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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 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 13, 9:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Piatt	11 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.