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Flash Flood Watch 7, NWS Lincoln, IL

June 19, 201932 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flash flood watch at Jun 19, 2019, 2:38 AM CDT for 32 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Jun 19, 2019, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 19, 2019, 2:38 AM CDT (07:38 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 19, 2019, 3:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 20, 2019, 12:43 AM CDT
In force: 22 hr
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Flood severity: None

All 32 counties

Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Richland County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:40 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 flash 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 flash flood watch went out at Jun 19, 12:03 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 12:03 AM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 2:59 PM CDT, 11 hours 39 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
Jun 19, 10:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Schuyler	4 hr
Jun 19, 1:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Clark, Edgar	6 hr
Jun 19, 3:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	McLean, Tazewell, Woodford	6 hr
Jun 19, 3:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Crawford	6 hr
Jun 19, 6:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ILX	Christian, Macon, Shelby	30 min

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.