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River Flood Warning 63, NWS Paducah, KY

March 31, 2008McLean County, Webster County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Mar 31, 2008, 10:20 AM CDT for McLean County, Webster County, Kentucky. It took effect at Apr 3, 2008, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 31, 2008, 10:20 AM CDT (15:20 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 3, 2008, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 1, 2008, 8:57 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Flood severity: Minor

Counties McLean County, KY, Webster County, KY

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Green River (KY) at Calhoun Lock and Dam (CALK2). The gauge peaked at 21.85 ft at Mar 30, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 23 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03320000, 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 Mar 31, 3:28 AM CDT, 6 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 31, 3:28 AM CDT, 6 hours 52 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
Mar 31, 10:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Alexander, Jackson, Union	54 days
Mar 31, 10:23 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Alexander	53 days
Mar 31, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Perry	36 min
Mar 31, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Graves	19 min
Mar 31, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ripley	83 min

Nearby

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