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River Flood Warning 56, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Jul 20, 2010, 8:32 AM CDT for Clay County, Richland County, Illinois. It took effect at Jul 20, 2010, 11:44 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 20, 2010, 8:32 AM CDT (13:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 20, 2010, 11:44 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2010, 3:32 AM 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 13:31 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). The gauge peaked at 20.68 ft at Jul 22, 2010, 2:00 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 20, 6:28 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 6:28 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 19, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Knox, Peoria | 46 min |
| Jul 19, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | McLean, Tazewell, Woodford | 50 min |
| Jul 19, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Fulton, Logan, McLean, Mason, Menard, Tazewell | 60 min |
| Jul 19, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Schuyler | 43 min |
| Jul 19, 9:19 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | ILX | Fulton, Mason | 46 hr |
| Jul 19, 11:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | ILX | Cass, Fulton, Mason, Menard, Schuyler | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 1:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Cass, Christian, Logan, Macon, Menard, Morgan and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 1:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Shelby | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 2:38 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Clay, Crawford, Effingham, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 8:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Morgan, Scott | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 8:44 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 22 more | 19 hr |
| Jul 20, 9:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 10:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Shelby | 38 min |
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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.