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Flood Watch 1, NWS Lincoln, IL

January 12, 20136 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flood watch at Jan 12, 2013, 2:47 PM CST for 6 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Jan 12, 2013, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 12, 2013, 2:47 PM CST (20:47 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 12, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 13, 2013, 12:00 PM CST
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Flood severity: None

Counties Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Richland County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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 flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Jan 12, 2:30 PM CST, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 2:30 PM CST, 17 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
Jan 12, 2:37 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ILX	Cass, Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas and 20 more	19 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.