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River Flood Warning 33, NWS Paducah, KY

March 5, 2008Alexander County, Pulaski County, Illinois; 4 counties in Kentucky; Mississippi County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Mar 5, 2008, 12:05 PM CST for Alexander County, Pulaski County, Illinois; 4 counties in Kentucky; Mississippi County, Missouri. It took effect at Mar 7, 2008, 3:59 AM CST. It was in force for 48 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 5, 2008, 12:05 PM CST (18:05 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 7, 2008, 3:59 AM CST
Expired
Apr 23, 2008, 7:19 PM CDT
In force
48 days
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Flood severity
Moderate

Counties Alexander County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Mississippi County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:06 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 Ohio River at Cairo (CIRI2).

Action stage
32 ft
Minor stage
40 ft
Moderate stage
47 ft
Major stage
53 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 12:05 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHGallatin, Hardin44 days
Mar 5, 12:08 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHAlexander, Jackson, Union5 days
Mar 5, 12:08 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHAlexander4 days
Mar 5, 3:15 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchPAHAlexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 5 more21 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2008River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2008River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2008Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.