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Flood Watch 1, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 12, 20156 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flood watch at Mar 12, 2015, 3:10 PM CDT for 6 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Mar 13, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 12, 2015, 3:10 PM CDT (20:10 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 13, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 14, 2015, 3:26 AM CDT
In force
26 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Flood severity
None

Counties Clay County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Effingham 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 20:14 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 Mar 12, 12:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 12:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 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.