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Winter Storm Watch 1, NWS Lincoln, IL

January 9, 20206 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this winter storm watch at Jan 9, 2020, 2:17 PM CST for 6 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Jan 11, 2020, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 9, 2020, 2:17 PM CST (20:17 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 11, 2020, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Jan 10, 2020, 2:55 AM CST
In force
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL

Counties Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Stark County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 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 winter storm 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 winter storm watch went out at Jan 9, 11:31 AM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 9, 11:31 AM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 9, 11:19 AM CST, 2 hours 58 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
Jan 9, 4:18 AM CST	Wind Advisory	ILX	Cass, Champaign, Christian, DeWitt, Fulton, Knox and 16 more	14 hr
Jan 9, 10:08 AM CST	River Flood Warning	ILX	Clay, Richland	16 days
Jan 9, 10:37 AM CST	River Flood Warning	ILX	Crawford, Jasper	7 days
Jan 9, 10:37 AM CST	River Flood Warning	ILX	Lawrence	16 days
Jan 9, 10:49 AM CST	River Flood Warning	ILX	Vermilion	59 hr

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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.