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River Flood Warning 54, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 16, 2010Clay County, Richland County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Jul 16, 2010, 5:23 AM CDT for Clay County, Richland County, Illinois. It took effect at Jul 16, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 16, 2010, 5:23 AM CDT (10:23 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 16, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 16, 2010, 8:38 PM CDT
In force: 8 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 10:26 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 Little Wabash River below Clay City (CLAI2). The gauge peaked at 16.21 ft at Jul 16, 2010, 1:00 PM 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 Jul 15, 6:50 PM CDT, 10 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 6:50 PM CDT, 10 hours 33 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 3:47 PM CDT, 13 hours 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
347 PM CDT THU JUL 15 2010

ILZ027>031-037-038-161100-
KNOX-MARSHALL-MCLEAN-PEORIA-STARK-TAZEWELL-WOODFORD-
347 PM CDT THU JUL 15 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A SLOW MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
TO THE REGION SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

ILZ036-040-041-047-049-050-161100-
CASS-FULTON-MASON-MORGAN-SCHUYLER-SCOTT-
347 PM CDT THU JUL 15 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

THE ILLINOIS RIVER WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD SOUTH OF HAVANA THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A SLOW MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
TO THE REGION SUNDAY INTO MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

ILZ042-048-051-161100-
LOGAN-MENARD-SANGAMON-
347 PM CDT THU JUL 15 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
ILLINOIS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A SLOW MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
TO THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

ILZ043>046-052>057-061-161100-
CHAMPAIGN-CHRISTIAN-COLES-DE WITT-DOUGLAS-EDGAR-MACON-MOULTRIE-
PIATT-SHELBY-VERMILION-
347 PM CDT THU JUL 15 2010

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100 TO 105 WILL LINGER INTO EARLY EVENING
UNTIL A WEAK COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE REGION.

THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...ARE POSSIBLE UNTIL
THE COLD FRONT CLEARS THE AREA THIS EVENING. A FEW OF THE STORMS
MAY ALSO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A SLOW MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
TO THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED EARLY THIS EVENING UNTIL THE
FRONT CLEARS THE AREA.

ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-161100-
CLARK-CLAY-CRAWFORD-CUMBERLAND-EFFINGHAM-JASPER-LAWRENCE-RICHLAND-
347 PM CDT THU JUL 15 2010

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

HEAT INDEX VALUES OF 100 TO 105 WILL LINGER INTO EARLY EVENING
UNTIL A WEAK COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE REGION.

THUNDERSTORMS...WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT.
A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FRIDAY WITH A WEAK FRONTAL
BOUNDARY STALLED JUST SOUTH OF THE REGION.

A SLOW MOVING FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
TO THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT.

BAK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 15, 7:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Crawford, Jasper	3 hr
Jul 15, 9:10 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Clay, Jasper, Richland	3 hr
Jul 16, 3:45 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	ILX	Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more	27 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.