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Flood Watch 1, NWS Lincoln, IL

February 19, 201422 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flood watch at Feb 19, 2014, 4:17 AM CST for 22 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Feb 20, 2014, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 19, 2014, 4:17 AM CST (10:17 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 20, 2014, 3:00 AM CST
Expired: Feb 20, 2014, 4:56 PM CST
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Flood severity: None

All 22 counties

Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:22 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 Feb 19, 3:47 AM CST, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 3:47 AM CST, 30 minutes before

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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.