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Flood Watch 2, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 2, 20237 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flood watch at Mar 2, 2023, 1:22 AM CST for 7 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Mar 3, 2023, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 2, 2023, 1:22 AM CST (07:22 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 3, 2023, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Mar 3, 2023, 5:35 PM CST
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Flood severity
None

Counties Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Richland County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:23 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 136 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2023-03-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2023-03-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -67 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1302 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Mar 1, 11:05 PM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 11:05 PM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 1, 3:01 PM CST, 10 hours 21 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
301 PM CST Wed Mar 1 2023

ILZ027>031-036>038-040>043-047-048-022115-
Knox-Stark-Peoria-Marshall-Woodford-Fulton-Tazewell-McLean-Schuyler-
Mason-Logan-De Witt-Cass-Menard-
301 PM CST Wed Mar 1 2023

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Illinois and west
central Illinois.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

A strong storm system will move into central Illinois Thursday night
into Friday. There are high probabilities of receiving around an
inch of rain which may cause some additional river rises. This
system is likely to produce wind gusts around 45 mph at times.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated tonight.

ILZ044>046-049>057-061-022115-
Piatt-Champaign-Vermilion-Scott-Morgan-Sangamon-Christian-Macon-
Moultrie-Douglas-Coles-Edgar-Shelby-
301 PM CST Wed Mar 1 2023

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central Illinois, east
central Illinois and west central Illinois.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

A strong storm system will move into central Illinois Thursday night
into Friday. There are high probabilities of receiving at least an
inch of rain which may cause some additional river rises. This system
is likely to produce wind gusts around 45 mph at times.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated tonight.

ILZ062-063-066>068-071>073-022115-
Cumberland-Clark-Effingham-Jasper-Crawford-Clay-Richland-Lawrence-
301 PM CST Wed Mar 1 2023

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for east central Illinois and
southeast Illinois.

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday.

A strong storm system will move into central Illinois Thursday night
into Friday. There are high probabilities of receiving an inch or
two of rain with locally heavier amounts possible. This will cause
some additional river rises and may also result in flash flooding.
The system is likely to produce wind gusts around 45 mph at times. A
few thunderstorms are expected on Friday, although the severe weather
potential appears low at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated tonight.

Deubelbeiss

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 2, 3:10 AM CSTWind AdvisoryILXCass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 23 more38 hr
Mar 2, 8:40 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningILXClay, Richland8 days

Nearby

Flood Watches in Illinois, 2023Every flood watch in 2023

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.