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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Lincoln, IL

February 6, 2019Cass County, Mason County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Feb 6, 2019, 8:20 PM CST for Cass County, Mason County, Illinois. It took effect at Feb 7, 2019, 10:48 PM CST. It was in force for 35 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 6, 2019, 8:20 PM CST (02:20 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 7, 2019, 10:48 PM CST
Expired: Feb 9, 2019, 9:43 AM CST
In force: 35 hr
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Cass County, IL, Mason County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sangamon River near Chandlerville (CDLI2).

Action stage: 454 ft
Minor stage: 456.6 ft
Moderate stage: 459 ft
Major stage: 462 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Feb 6, 6:08 PM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 6:08 PM CST, 2 hours 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 6, 3:43 PM CST, 4 hours 37 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 6, 5:31 PM CST, 2 hours 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 6, 5:48 PM CST, 2 hours 32 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 6, 8:53 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ILX	Champaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 11 more	9 hr
Feb 7, 7:52 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	Clark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper and 2 more	3 hr
Feb 7, 9:38 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ILX	Champaign, Christian, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar and 8 more	3 hr
Feb 7, 10:20 AM CST	River Flood Warning	ILX	Crawford, Jasper	10 hr
Feb 7, 10:43 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	ILX	Clark, Clay, Crawford, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper and 2 more	12 hr
Feb 7, 12:53 PM CST	Wind Advisory	ILX	Cass, Champaign, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Fulton and 17 more	14 hr
Feb 7, 1:21 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ILX	Fulton, Knox, McLean, Marshall, Peoria, Schuyler and 3 more	21 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2019 Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.