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River Flood Warning 27, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 12, 2019Peoria County, Tazewell County, Woodford County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Mar 12, 2019, 8:40 PM CDT for Peoria County, Tazewell County, Woodford County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 15, 2019, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 12, 2019, 8:40 PM CDT (01:40 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 15, 2019, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 2, 2019, 8:40 PM CDT
In force: 18 days
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Peoria County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Illinois River at Peoria (PIAI2).

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 28 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 Mar 12, 6:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 6:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 12, 3:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 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
Mar 12, 7:00 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Lawrence	12 hr
Mar 13, 9:48 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	ILX	Cass, Christian, Fulton, Knox, Logan, Marshall and 10 more	9 hr
Mar 13, 3:18 PM CDT	High Wind Watch	ILX	Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 12 more	13 hr
Mar 13, 3:18 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	ILX	Cass, DeWitt, Fulton, Knox, Logan, McLean and 11 more	31 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.