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River Flood Warning 51, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 25, 2013Fulton County, Knox County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Jun 25, 2013, 10:58 AM CDT for Fulton County, Knox County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 26, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 25, 2013, 10:58 AM CDT (15:58 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 26, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 26, 2013, 4:22 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Spoon River (W-IL) at London Mills (LNMI2). The gauge peaked at 15.80 ft at Jun 27, 2013, 4:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 21 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05569500, 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 Jun 25, 10:47 AM CDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 10:47 AM CDT, 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 25, 10:32 AM CDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1032 AM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0525 PM     HAIL             WILLIAMSVILLE           39.95N 89.56W
06/24/2013  M1.00 INCH       SANGAMON           IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DELAYED REPORT. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. NICKEL TO
            QUARTER SIZE HAIL. LASTED FOR 5 TO 10 MINUTES.

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SHIMON

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 1:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	ILX	Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Woodford	13 hr
Jun 25, 2:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Tazewell	62 min
Jun 25, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Mason, Tazewell	49 min
Jun 25, 3:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton	59 min
Jun 25, 3:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Fulton	4 hr
Jun 25, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Mason, Tazewell	52 min
Jun 25, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, McLean, Piatt	44 min
Jun 25, 4:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	DeWitt, Fulton, Logan, McLean, Mason, Tazewell	6 hr
Jun 25, 4:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, McLean	46 min
Jun 25, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Champaign	55 min
Jun 25, 5:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Piatt	45 min
Jun 25, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion	63 min
Jun 25, 6:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Champaign, Piatt	5 hr
Jun 25, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie	67 min

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.