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River Flood Warning 58, NWS Lincoln, IL

December 25, 2015Piatt County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Dec 25, 2015, 8:06 PM CST for Piatt County, Illinois. It took effect at Dec 26, 2015, 9:11 PM CST. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 25, 2015, 8:06 PM CST (02:06 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 26, 2015, 9:11 PM CST
Expired: Jan 3, 2016, 12:39 PM CST
In force: 8 days
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Piatt County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sangamon River at Monticello (MNTI2). The gauge peaked at 18.56 ft at Dec 29, 2015, 6:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05572000, 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 Dec 25, 5:28 PM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 5:28 PM CST, 2 hours 38 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
Dec 26, 10:15 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Shelby	6 hr
Dec 26, 11:43 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	4 hr
Dec 26, 12:03 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Champaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 3 more	3 hr
Dec 26, 2:56 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Champaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 5 more	6 hr
Dec 26, 3:07 PM CST	River Flood Warning	ILX	Vermilion	5 days
Dec 26, 3:51 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ILX	Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Stark	24 hr
Dec 26, 4:38 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Christian, Macon, Moultrie, Shelby	6 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.