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Flood Watch 5, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flood watch at Jul 9, 2022, 4:55 AM CDT for Sangamon County, Illinois. It took effect at Jul 9, 2022, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 2022, 4:55 AM CDT (09:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 9, 2022, 5:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2022, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Flood severity
- None
County Sangamon County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:57 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 nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 100 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 693 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
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 Jul 9, 2:33 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 2:33 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 11:53 AM CDT, 17 hours 2 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Lincoln IL 1153 AM CDT Fri Jul 8 2022 ILZ027>031-036>038-040>057-061>063-066>068-071>073-091700- Knox-Stark-Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Fulton-Tazewell-McLean-Schuyler- Mason-Logan-De Witt-Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion-Cass-Menard-Scott- Morgan-Sangamon-Christian-Macon-Moultrie-Douglas-Coles-Edgar-Shelby- Cumberland-Clark-Effingham-Jasper-Crawford-Clay-Richland-Lawrence- 1153 AM CDT Fri Jul 8 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Illinois, east central Illinois, southeast Illinois and west central Illinois. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected this afternoon through tonight. Locally heavy rain is possible, which could lead to flash flooding. The stronger thunderstorms could have isolated damaging wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated through tonight. AAT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 7:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Piatt | 27 min |
| Jul 8, 7:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ILX | Moultrie | 29 min |
| Jul 8, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Lawrence, Richland | 55 min |
| Jul 8, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Clay | 48 min |
| Jul 8, 10:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 3 hr |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.