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Flash Flood Watch 12, NWS Lincoln, IL

September 28, 20197 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood watch at Sep 28, 2019, 3:17 PM CDT for 7 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Sep 28, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 28, 2019, 3:17 PM CDT (20:17 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 28, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Sep 29, 2019, 3:37 AM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Flood severity: None

Counties Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Lincoln, IL wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Sep 28, 12:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 28, 12:43 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 28, 3:13 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 28, 9:47 AM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
947 AM CDT SAT SEP 28 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0900 AM     HEAVY RAIN       4 NW PEORIA             40.79N 89.66W
09/28/2019  M5.99 INCH       PEORIA             IL   NWS EMPLOYEE

0900 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 SW PEORIA             40.72N 89.64W
09/28/2019  M8.20 INCH       PEORIA             IL   PUBLIC

            2.2 INCHES BEFORE NOON, 3.2 INCHES FROM NOON TO 330 PM,
            AND 2.7 INCHES AFTER 330 PM.

0800 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 WSW DECATUR           39.84N 88.97W
09/28/2019  M1.03 INCH       MACON              IL   PUBLIC

            NEAR MILLIKIN UNIVERSITY

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Local storm report, Sep 28, 10:15 AM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL
1015 AM CDT SAT SEP 28 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0800 AM     HEAVY RAIN       EUREKA                  40.72N 89.28W
09/28/2019  M3.26 INCH       WOODFORD           IL   PUBLIC

0800 AM     HEAVY RAIN       BARTONVILLE             40.64N 89.66W
09/28/2019  M5.50 INCH       PEORIA             IL   PUBLIC

0800 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 N GALESBURG           40.97N 90.37W
09/28/2019  M4.00 INCH       KNOX               IL   PUBLIC

0800 AM     HEAVY RAIN       SPRING BAY              40.82N 89.53W
09/28/2019  M7.50 INCH       WOODFORD           IL   PUBLIC

0800 AM     HEAVY RAIN       LEWISTOWN               40.40N 90.16W
09/28/2019  M5.00 INCH       FULTON             IL   PUBLIC

0800 AM     HEAVY RAIN       WASHINGTON              40.70N 89.44W
09/28/2019  M5.90 INCH       TAZEWELL           IL   PUBLIC

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Local storm report, Sep 28, 11:15 AM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 28, 12:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 28, 1:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 28, 2:20 PM CDT, 57 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
Sep 27, 7:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Knox, Peoria	29 min
Sep 27, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox, Stark	51 min
Sep 27, 7:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Stark	6 hr
Sep 27, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall, Peoria, Woodford	38 min
Sep 27, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton	52 min
Sep 27, 7:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox	6 hr
Sep 27, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall	19 min
Sep 27, 8:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Fulton, Peoria, Tazewell	19 min
Sep 27, 8:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford	6 hr
Sep 27, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford	36 min
Sep 27, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Schuyler	32 min
Sep 27, 8:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Peoria, Tazewell	37 min
Sep 27, 9:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Tazewell	33 min
Sep 27, 9:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Fulton	28 min
Sep 27, 9:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	DeWitt	24 min
Sep 27, 10:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Tazewell	44 min
Sep 27, 10:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Cass, Fulton, Mason, Schuyler	55 min
Sep 27, 11:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, McLean	24 min
Sep 27, 11:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	DeWitt, McLean	45 min
Sep 27, 11:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	39 min
Sep 28, 12:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Champaign, Douglas	40 min
Sep 28, 12:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Vermilion	44 min
Sep 28, 1:13 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Stark, Tazewell and 1 more	12 hr
Sep 28, 1:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Cass, Morgan, Schuyler, Scott	54 min
Sep 28, 8:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton	25 hr
Sep 28, 10:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Marshall, Putnam	9 days
Sep 28, 10:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Peoria, Tazewell, Woodford	13 days
Sep 28, 10:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Cass, Fulton, Mason	22 days

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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.