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Winter Storm Watch 2, NWS Lincoln, IL

February 10, 202515 counties in Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this winter storm watch at Feb 10, 2025, 1:38 PM CST for 15 counties in Illinois. It took effect at Feb 12, 2025, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 10, 2025, 1:38 PM CST (19:38 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 12, 2025, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 11, 2025, 3:18 AM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Lincoln, IL

Counties Cass County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Knox County, IL, Logan County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Woodford County, IL

The radar

The Lincoln radar (KILX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Feb 10, 11:32 AM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 11:32 AM CST, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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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.