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Flood Watch 5, NWS Lincoln, IL
NWS Lincoln, IL issued this flood watch at Aug 6, 2023, 2:47 AM CDT for 8 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Aug 6, 2023, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 6, 2023, 2:47 AM CDT (07:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 6, 2023, 4:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2023, 11:54 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Lincoln, IL
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL, Marshall County, IL, McLean County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL
The radar
The Lincoln radar (KILX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:46 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 Aug 6, 2:14 AM CDT, 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 2:14 AM CDT, 33 minutes before
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Local storm report, Aug 5, 10:17 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Lincoln, IL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 6, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Cass, Schuyler | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Cass | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Morgan, Sangamon | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Sangamon | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian, Macon | 33 min |
| Aug 6, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ILX | Christian | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ILX | Christian, Shelby | 33 min |
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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.