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Flood Watch 1, NWS Lincoln, IL

February 5, 20198 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flood watch at Feb 5, 2019, 2:55 PM CST for 8 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Feb 6, 2019, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 5, 2019, 2:55 PM CST (20:55 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 6, 2019, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 7, 2019, 3:02 PM CST
In force
27 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Flood severity
None

Counties Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Richland County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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 Feb 5, 11:59 AM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 11:59 AM CST, 2 hours 56 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 5, 3:28 AM CSTIce Storm WarningILXFulton, Knox, Marshall, Stark24 hr
Feb 5, 4:15 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningILXMcLean, Tazewell, Woodford16 hr
Feb 5, 7:22 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningILXFulton, Knox4 days
Feb 5, 9:29 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningILXClay, Richland10 days
Feb 5, 9:37 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningILXLawrence10 days

Nearby

Flood Watches in Illinois, 2019Every flood watch in 2019

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.