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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Lincoln, IL

March 3, 2026Clay County, Richland County, Illinois

NWS Lincoln, IL issued this river flood warning at Mar 3, 2026, 10:51 AM CST for Clay County, Richland County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 4, 2026, 1:00 PM CST. It was in force for 20 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 3, 2026, 10:51 AM CST (16:51 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 4, 2026, 1:00 PM CST
Expired: Mar 24, 2026, 11:51 AM CDT
In force: 20 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 16:54 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). The gauge peaked at 21.41 ft at Mar 6, 2026, 9:00 PM CST.

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 Mar 3, 5:52 AM CST, 4 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 5:52 AM CST, 4 hours 59 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
Mar 3, 2:32 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Fulton, Peoria	28 min
Mar 3, 2:55 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ILX	DeWitt	20 min
Mar 3, 2:57 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Tazewell	18 min
Mar 3, 3:14 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Tazewell	16 min
Mar 3, 3:29 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ILX	McLean	16 min
Mar 3, 3:38 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	McLean	11 min
Mar 3, 3:57 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Cass, Morgan	48 min
Mar 3, 4:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Edgar, Vermilion	29 min
Mar 3, 4:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Champaign, Vermilion	19 min
Mar 3, 4:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Menard, Sangamon	34 min
Mar 3, 4:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Sangamon	24 min
Mar 3, 5:27 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	ILX	Macon	18 min
Mar 3, 5:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Douglas, Macon, Moultrie, Piatt	41 min
Mar 3, 5:41 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ILX	Christian, Macon, Sangamon	19 min

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.