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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 6, 2022Clay County, Richland County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Mar 6, 2022, 9:00 AM CST for Clay County, Richland County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 7, 2022, 10:26 AM CST. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 6, 2022, 9:00 AM CST (15:00 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 7, 2022, 10:26 AM CST
Expired: Mar 13, 2022, 11:53 PM CDT
In force: 7 days
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Clay County, IL, Richland County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little Wabash River below Clay City (CLAI2). The gauge peaked at 20.91 ft at Mar 9, 2022, 12:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03379500, 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 6, 5:38 AM CST, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 6, 5:38 AM CST, 3 hours 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 6, 6:21 AM CST, 2 hours 39 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 6, 6:41 AM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 6, 6:43 AM CST, 2 hours 17 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
Mar 5, 9:18 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox	42 min
Mar 5, 9:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall, Peoria, Stark	36 min
Mar 5, 10:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Mason	29 min
Mar 5, 10:06 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall	24 min
Mar 5, 10:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	ILX	Mason	12 min
Mar 5, 10:26 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Tazewell	34 min
Mar 5, 10:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean, Woodford	24 min
Mar 5, 10:52 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Logan, Macon, Sangamon	38 min
Mar 5, 10:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon, Sangamon, Shelby	46 min
Mar 5, 11:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	DeWitt, Macon, Piatt	41 min
Mar 5, 11:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Macon, Moultrie, Piatt, Shelby	44 min
Mar 5, 11:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Piatt, Vermilion	67 min
Mar 5, 11:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Shelby	41 min
Mar 5, 11:56 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Champaign, Clark, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion	64 min
Mar 6, 1:00 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Edgar	45 min
Mar 6, 2:28 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ILX	Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Mason, Peoria, Schuyler and 3 more	20 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.