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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Lincoln, IL

April 26, 2025Clay County, Richland County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Apr 26, 2025, 8:28 PM CDT for Clay County, Richland County, Illinois. It took effect at Apr 27, 2025, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 2025, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 27, 2025, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 1, 2025, 8:01 PM CDT
In force
5 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 01:33 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.

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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.