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Areal Flood Warning 1, NWS Lincoln, IL

February 20, 2014Knox County, Stark County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this areal flood warning at Feb 20, 2014, 11:46 AM CST for Knox County, Stark County, Illinois. It was in force for 5 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
Feb 20, 2014, 11:46 AM CST (17:46 UTC)
Expired
Feb 20, 2014, 4:30 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Knox County, IL, Stark County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:49 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 Feb 20, 10:10 AM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 10:10 AM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 20, 11:11 AM CST, 35 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 20, 8:08 AM CST, 3 hours 38 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 20, 10:18 AM CST, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 8:02 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningILXClay, Richland7 days
Feb 19, 9:16 PM CSTHigh Wind WatchILXCass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more6 hr
Feb 19, 11:12 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningILXFulton, Knox5 days
Feb 19, 11:12 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningILXFulton4 days
Feb 20, 3:15 AM CSTHigh Wind WarningILXCass, Champaign, Christian, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar and 19 more20 hr
Feb 20, 3:15 AM CSTWind AdvisoryILXCass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 29 more24 hr
Feb 20, 2:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXCass, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon, Schuyler and 1 more40 min
Feb 20, 2:40 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryILXFulton, Knox, McLean, Marshall, Peoria, Stark and 2 more2 hr
Feb 20, 2:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXFulton, Schuyler30 min
Feb 20, 2:49 PM CSTTornado WarningILXCass, Mason, Morgan, Scott26 min
Feb 20, 3:17 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXMason, Menard28 min
Feb 20, 3:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Sangamon31 min
Feb 20, 3:49 PM CSTTornado WarningILXChristian, Sangamon26 min
Feb 20, 4:01 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXChristian, Coles, Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt and 1 more59 min
Feb 20, 4:08 PM CSTTornado WarningILXDeWitt, Logan, Macon, Sangamon22 min
Feb 20, 4:09 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningILXSangamon5 hr
Feb 20, 4:11 PM CSTTornado WarningILXChristian, Shelby34 min
Feb 20, 4:40 PM CSTTornado WarningILXColes, Douglas, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby35 min
Feb 20, 4:47 PM CSTTornado WarningILXEffingham, Moultrie, Shelby28 min
Feb 20, 5:06 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningILXClark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 3 more54 min
Feb 20, 5:12 PM CSTTornado WarningILXColes, Douglas, Edgar33 min
Feb 20, 5:14 PM CSTTornado WarningILXClark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar31 min
Feb 20, 5:42 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningILXDeWitt, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby6 hr
Feb 20, 5:45 PM CSTTornado WarningILXEdgar, Vermilion30 min
Feb 20, 5:48 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningILXChampaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 7 more6 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.