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River Flood Warning 33, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 9, 2022Clay County, Richland County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Jul 9, 2022, 8:34 PM CDT for Clay County, Richland County, Illinois. It took effect at Jul 10, 2022, 2:30 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 9, 2022, 8:34 PM CDT (01:34 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 10, 2022, 2:30 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 13, 2022, 4:55 AM CDT
In force: 3 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 01:38 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 18.95 ft at Jul 11, 2022, 12:00 AM CDT.

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 Jul 9, 6:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 6:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 9, 4:51 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 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
Jul 10, 5:04 AM CDT	Flood Watch	ILX	Sangamon	3 hr

Nearby

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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.