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Flood Watch 1, NWS Lincoln, IL

February 15, 202218 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flood watch at Feb 15, 2022, 2:46 AM CST for 18 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Feb 16, 2022, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 15, 2022, 2:46 AM CST (08:46 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 16, 2022, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 17, 2022, 6:00 PM CST
In force
24 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Flood severity
None

Counties Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Macon County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Richland County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Vermilion County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:50 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 flood 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 flood watch went out at Feb 14, 11:55 PM CST, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 14, 11:55 PM CST, 2 hours 51 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 2:49 PM CSTWind AdvisoryILXChampaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 13 more27 hr
Feb 15, 2:58 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchILXCass, Champaign, Christian, DeWitt, Douglas, Fulton and 19 more20 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Illinois, 2022Every flood watch in 2022

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.