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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Lincoln, IL

February 28, 2023Cass County, Fulton County, Mason County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Feb 28, 2023, 10:46 AM CST for Cass County, Fulton County, Mason County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 2, 2023, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 46 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 28, 2023, 10:46 AM CST (16:46 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 2, 2023, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Apr 17, 2023, 4:28 AM CDT
In force
46 days
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Cass County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Mason County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Illinois River near Havana (HAVI2).

Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
14 ft
Moderate stage
17 ft
Major stage
23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Feb 27, 5:32 PM CST, 17 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 27, 5:32 PM CST, 17 hours 14 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 10:48 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningILXBrown, Cass, Morgan, Schuyler48 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2023Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.