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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 14, 2024Cass County, Fulton County, Mason County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Mar 14, 2024, 11:13 AM CDT for Cass County, Fulton County, Mason County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 16, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 14, 2024, 11:13 AM CDT (16:13 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 16, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 14, 2024, 10:58 PM CDT
In force
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 16:14 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 Mar 14, 10:22 AM CDT, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 10:22 AM CDT, 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 14, 10:21 AM CDT, 52 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 14, 9:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 14, 9:35 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 14, 9:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 14, 10:33 AM CDT, 40 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
1033 AM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1025 AM     Rain             Knoxville               40.91N 90.29W
03/14/2024  M1.46 inch       Knox               IL   Mesonet

            SWOP Observer.

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Local storm report, Mar 14, 11:06 AM CDT, 7 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report...Summary
National Weather Service Lincoln IL
1106 AM CDT Thu Mar 14 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0933 AM     Hail             Georgetown              39.97N 87.63W
03/14/2024  M0.88 inch       Vermilion          IL   Public

0528 AM     Hail             Chillicothe             40.92N 89.49W
03/14/2024  M0.88 inch       Peoria             IL   Amateur Radio

            Nickel size hail reported for about a
            minute.

0829 AM     Hail             2 SSW Cadwell           39.65N 88.55W
03/14/2024  M1.00 inch       Moultrie           IL   Public

            Delayed report. Relayed from broadcast
            media. Time estimated from radar.

1215 AM     Hail             Stanford                40.44N 89.22W
03/14/2024  E0.75 inch       McLean             IL   Public

            Report from mPING: Dime (0.75 in.).

1130 PM     Hail             Elkhart                 40.02N 89.48W
03/13/2024  M1.00 inch       Logan              IL   Public

            Relayed via WCIA-TV.

1025 AM     Rain             Knoxville               40.91N 90.29W
03/14/2024  M1.46 inch       Knox               IL   Mesonet

            SWOP Observer.

1213 AM     Hail             Farmington              40.70N 90.01W
03/14/2024  M0.75 inch       Fulton             IL   Emergency Mngr

1010 PM     Hail             4 SSE Vermilion         39.52N 87.57W
03/13/2024  E0.75 inch       Edgar              IL   Public

            dime to penny size hail. relayed via
            broadcast media.

0822 PM     Hail             Lerna                   39.42N 88.29W
03/13/2024  E0.75 inch       Coles              IL   Public

            photo of penny size hail relayed via
            broadcast media.

0831 PM     Hail             4 SSW Charleston        39.43N 88.20W
03/13/2024  E1.75 inch       Coles              IL   Public

            Half dollar to golf ball size hail at BENT
            TREE GOLF COURSE. relayed via broadcast
            media.

0941 PM     Hail             1 N Marshall            39.41N 87.69W
03/13/2024  E1.25 inch       Clark              IL   Public

            reports of dented cars as well.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 13, 7:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Cumberland	25 min
Mar 13, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Cumberland	35 min
Mar 13, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Clark, Coles, Cumberland	38 min
Mar 13, 9:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Edgar	40 min
Mar 13, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Clark, Edgar	45 min
Mar 13, 10:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Logan	31 min
Mar 13, 11:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Fulton	30 min
Mar 13, 11:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	DeWitt, Logan, Tazewell	24 min
Mar 13, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox	6 min
Mar 14, 12:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox	28 min
Mar 14, 12:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	DeWitt, Knox, McLean, Peoria, Tazewell	23 min
Mar 14, 12:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Knox, Peoria	34 min
Mar 14, 12:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox	36 min
Mar 14, 12:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Marshall, Woodford	24 min
Mar 14, 2:16 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox	44 min
Mar 14, 4:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox	37 min
Mar 14, 4:52 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Knox	23 min
Mar 14, 5:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Knox, Peoria, Stark	10 min
Mar 14, 5:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Logan, Mason, Tazewell	23 min
Mar 14, 5:30 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Tazewell	15 min
Mar 14, 6:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	McLean	26 min
Mar 14, 7:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	26 min
Mar 14, 8:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon, Sangamon, Shelby	47 min
Mar 14, 8:23 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian	24 min
Mar 14, 8:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Moultrie, Shelby	49 min
Mar 14, 8:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Macon, Moultrie, Piatt	27 min
Mar 14, 9:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Edgar, Vermilion	18 min
Mar 14, 9:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Crawford	32 min
Mar 14, 3:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Morgan, Scott	46 min
Mar 14, 4:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Morgan, Sangamon, Scott	56 min
Mar 14, 4:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Morgan, Sangamon	23 min
Mar 14, 4:54 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Sangamon	36 min
Mar 14, 5:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Christian, Shelby	35 min
Mar 14, 5:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Cumberland, Moultrie, Shelby	42 min
Mar 14, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Cumberland, Effingham, Shelby	39 min
Mar 14, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Coles, Edgar	46 min
Mar 14, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper, Richland	41 min
Mar 14, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Effingham, Jasper, Shelby	28 min
Mar 14, 6:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Coles, Cumberland, Shelby	12 min
Mar 14, 6:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clay, Jasper	38 min
Mar 14, 6:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Coles, Moultrie, Shelby	3 hr
Mar 14, 6:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Edgar	29 min
Mar 14, 6:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Clay, Effingham, Jasper, Richland	31 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.