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River Flood Warning 57, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 20, 2010Lawrence County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Jul 20, 2010, 8:46 PM CDT for Lawrence County, Illinois. It took effect at Jul 21, 2010, 2:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 59 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 20, 2010, 8:46 PM CDT (01:46 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 21, 2010, 2:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 24, 2010, 1:12 AM CDT
In force: 59 hr
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Flood severity: Minor

County Lawrence County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Embarras River (IL) at Lawrenceville (LAWI2).

Action stage: 27 ft
Minor stage: 30 ft
Moderate stage: 37 ft
Major stage: 41 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03346500, 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, 6:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 6:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 21, 1:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	53 min
Jul 21, 1:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Vermilion	35 min
Jul 21, 1:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	DeWitt, Macon, Piatt	3 hr
Jul 21, 1:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, Piatt	44 min
Jul 21, 2:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Vermilion	28 min
Jul 21, 3:08 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	ILX	Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more	60 hr
Jul 21, 4:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	McLean	3 hr

Nearby

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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.