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Flood Watch 3, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 22, 20238 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flood watch at Mar 22, 2023, 2:03 PM CDT for 8 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Mar 23, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 22, 2023, 2:03 PM CDT (19:03 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 23, 2023, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 25, 2023, 12:11 AM CDT
In force
29 hr
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Flood severity
None

Counties Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Richland County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 22, 12:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 22, 12:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 22, 9:14 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningILXClay, Richland10 days
Mar 22, 9:30 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningILXLawrence10 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.