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Areal Flood Warning 5, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 28, 2011Lawrence County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this areal flood warning at Apr 28, 2011, 11:27 AM CDT for Lawrence County, Illinois. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 28, 2011, 11:27 AM CDT (16:27 UTC)
Expired: Apr 28, 2011, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Lawrence County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Apr 27, 6:27 PM CDT, 17 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 6:27 PM CDT, 17 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 3:25 PM CDT, 20 hours 2 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
Apr 27, 7:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Clark, Clay, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper	3 hr
Apr 27, 9:54 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Vermilion	6 hr
Apr 27, 10:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Clay, Crawford, Effingham, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	6 hr
Apr 28, 2:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Vermilion	36 hr
Apr 28, 4:32 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Crawford, Effingham, Jasper, Lawrence	6 hr
Apr 28, 10:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Lawrence	69 min
Apr 28, 3:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence	61 min
Apr 28, 5:34 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	Lawrence	6 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2011 Every areal flood warning in 2011

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.