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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 10, 2019Piatt County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Mar 10, 2019, 9:00 PM CDT for Piatt County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 11, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 10, 2019, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 11, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 11, 2019, 9:10 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Piatt County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Sangamon River at Monticello (MNTI2). The gauge peaked at 12.89 ft at Mar 12, 2019, 3:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
11 ft
Minor stage
13 ft
Moderate stage
17 ft
Major stage
20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05572000, 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 Mar 10, 6:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 6:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 10, 3:07 PM CDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before
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    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 7:29 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningILXLawrence25 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2019Every 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.