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River Flood Warning 61, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Jun 23, 2019, 10:30 AM CDT for Menard County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 24, 2019, 4:36 AM CDT. It was in force for 62 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 23, 2019, 10:30 AM CDT (15:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 24, 2019, 4:36 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Menard County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Sangamon River at Petersburg (PETI2). The gauge peaked at 23.59 ft at Jun 25, 2019, 11:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 18 ft
- Minor stage
- 23 ft
- Moderate stage
- 24 ft
- Major stage
- 33 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05578000, 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 Jun 23, 6:13 AM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 6:13 AM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 23, 12:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Lawrence | 36 min |
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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.