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Flood Watch 2, NWS Lincoln, IL
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.
- 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
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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 2, 3:10 AM CST | Wind Advisory | ILX | Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles and 23 more | 38 hr |
| Mar 2, 8:40 AM CST | River Flood Warning | ILX | Clay, Richland | 8 days |
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.