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Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Lincoln, IL

February 23, 20165 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this winter storm watch at Feb 23, 2016, 3:07 AM CST for 5 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Feb 24, 2016, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 23, 2016, 3:07 AM CST (09:07 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 24, 2016, 6:00 AM CST
Expired: Feb 23, 2016, 3:28 PM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL

Counties Champaign County, IL, Coles County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Vermilion County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:09 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 winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Feb 22, 11:00 PM CST, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 11:00 PM CST, 4 hours 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 22, 3:25 PM CST, 11 hours 42 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
Feb 23, 3:28 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar and 8 more	30 hr
Feb 23, 3:28 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ILX	Clark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper and 2 more	29 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Watches in Illinois, 2016 Every winter storm watch in 2016

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.