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River Flood Warning 29, NWS Lincoln, IL

July 16, 2024Clay County, Richland County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Jul 16, 2024, 9:01 AM CDT for Clay County, Richland County, Illinois. It took effect at Jul 17, 2024, 5:12 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 16, 2024, 9:01 AM CDT (14:01 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 17, 2024, 5:12 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 21, 2024, 4:03 PM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Lincoln, IL
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Clay County, IL, Richland County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little Wabash River below Clay City (CLAI2).

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03379500, 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 Jul 16, 5:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 5:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 16, 5:01 AM CDT, 4 hours before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 16, 4:55 AM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 5:01 AM CDT, 4 hours before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 5:16 AM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 6:39 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 7:08 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 16, 8:55 AM CDT, 6 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 15, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Fulton, Knox, Stark	38 min
Jul 15, 7:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox, Marshall, Peoria, Stark	35 min
Jul 15, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox	38 min
Jul 15, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	DeWitt, Fulton, Knox, Logan, McLean, Marshall and 5 more	63 min
Jul 15, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Fulton, Logan, Mason, Menard, Schuyler and 1 more	38 min
Jul 15, 8:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	McLean, Tazewell, Woodford	29 min
Jul 15, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	ILX	Champaign, Coles, DeWitt, Douglas, Logan, McLean and 4 more	79 min
Jul 15, 9:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Cass, Christian, Mason, Menard, Morgan, Sangamon	40 min
Jul 15, 9:22 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	McLean	23 min
Jul 15, 9:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	ILX	Champaign, Piatt	9 min
Jul 15, 9:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Christian, Moultrie, Shelby	64 min
Jul 15, 10:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Champaign, Coles, Douglas, Edgar, Vermilion	69 min
Jul 15, 10:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton, Knox, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell	3 hr
Jul 15, 10:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Fulton	26 min
Jul 15, 10:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Mason	24 min
Jul 15, 10:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Clark, Cumberland, Jasper	57 min
Jul 15, 10:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Tazewell	16 min
Jul 15, 11:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Logan, Mason, Peoria, Tazewell	5 hr
Jul 15, 11:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Mason	18 min
Jul 15, 11:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Logan	30 min
Jul 15, 11:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Edgar	29 min
Jul 15, 11:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Clay, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Richland	43 min
Jul 16, 1:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Cass, Christian, DeWitt, Logan, Macon, Mason and 5 more	3 hr
Jul 16, 1:27 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ILX	Fulton, Mason	8 hr
Jul 16, 2:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	ILX	Fulton	22 hr
Jul 16, 2:52 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	ILX	Cass, Christian, Effingham, Menard, Morgan, Moultrie and 2 more	4 hr
Jul 16, 9:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ILX	Fulton	25 hr

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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.