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River Flood Warning 101, NWS Paducah, KY

September 15, 2008Alexander County, Illinois; Scott County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Sep 15, 2008, 9:27 AM CDT for Alexander County, Illinois; Scott County, Missouri. It took effect at Sep 16, 2008, 11:30 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 15, 2008, 9:27 AM CDT (14:27 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 16, 2008, 11:30 PM CDT
Expired: Sep 24, 2008, 7:12 PM CDT
In force: 8 days
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Alexander County, IL, Scott County, MO

The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Thebes (THBI2). The gauge peaked at 38.77 ft at Sep 20, 2008, 4:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 30 ft
Minor stage: 33 ft
Moderate stage: 37 ft
Major stage: 42 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07022000, 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 Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Sep 15, 6:42 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 15, 6:42 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 15, 9:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Alexander, Jackson, Union	9 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2008 River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2008 Every river flood warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.