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Areal Flood Warning 4, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 20, 2013Champaign County, Douglas County, Vermilion County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this areal flood warning at Apr 20, 2013, 7:49 AM CDT for Champaign County, Douglas County, Vermilion County, Illinois. It was in force for 12 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 20, 2013, 7:49 AM CDT (12:49 UTC)
Expired: Apr 20, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Champaign County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Vermilion County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:46 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 19, 6:16 PM CDT, 13 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 6:16 PM CDT, 13 hours 33 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 19, 10:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Schuyler, Stark and 1 more	12 hr
Apr 20, 2:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Schuyler, Stark and 1 more	12 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2013 Every areal flood warning in 2013

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.