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River Flood Warning 50, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 24, 2010Menard County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Jun 24, 2010, 11:04 PM CDT for Menard County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 25, 2010, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 61 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 2010, 11:04 PM CDT (04:04 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 25, 2010, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 28, 2010, 4:32 AM CDT
In force
61 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Flood severity
Minor

County Menard County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:02 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 Petersburg (PETI2). The gauge peaked at 23.71 ft at Jun 26, 2010, 8:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
18 ft
Minor stage
23 ft
Moderate stage
24 ft
Major stage
33 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05578000, 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 24, 6:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 6:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 2:12 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryILXCass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more29 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2010Every 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.