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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Lincoln, IL

February 16, 2025Clay County, Richland County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Feb 16, 2025, 4:08 AM CST for Clay County, Richland County, Illinois. It was in force for 57 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 16, 2025, 4:08 AM CST (10:08 UTC)
Expired
Feb 18, 2025, 1:09 PM CST
In force
57 hr
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 10:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 2:26 AM CSTCold Weather AdvisoryILXKnox, Marshall, Stark31 hr

Nearby

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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.