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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 6, 2008, 12:37 PM CST for Daviess County, Henderson County, Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 7, 2008, 8:24 AM CST. It was in force for 11 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2008, 12:37 PM CST (18:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 7, 2008, 8:24 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2008, 9:45 PM CST
- In force
- 11 days
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Daviess County, KY, Henderson County, KY
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 Newburgh Lock and Dam (NBGI3).
- Action stage
- 35 ft
- Minor stage
- 38 ft
- Moderate stage
- 48 ft
- Major stage
- 56 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03304300, 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 Feb 6, 2:28 AM CST, 10 hours 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 2:28 AM CST, 10 hours 9 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 228 AM CST WED FEB 6 2008 .DISCUSSION... IN CLEANUP MODE SO WILL TRY AND KEEP IT BRIEF. MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS WILL BE PRECIP TIMING...COVERAGE...AND POSSIBLE CHANGEOVER ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE STORM CROSSING THE REGION AT THE TIME OF THIS WRITING...SMALL CHANCES FOR PRECIP THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...THEN ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIP NEXT MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. LATEST SURFACE MAP INDICATES A SURFACE LOW CENTERED JUST NORTHEAST OF OUR CWA WITH ITS ATTENDANT FRONTAL SYSTEM BISECTING OUR CWA FROM NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST. THIS BOUNDARY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE PUSHING EASTWARD AS THE UPPER LOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM MOVES OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS. IN THE MEANTIME...SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE REGION THIS MORNING...THEN THIS AFTERNOON AS THE SYSTEM MOVES FARTHER AWAY AND COLDER AIR BEGINS TO WRAP AROUND THE BACK SIDE OF THE LOW...THERE WILL BE A SCHC/CHC FOR A RAIN/SNOW MIX GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM MARBLE HILL MISSOURI TO HOPKINSVILLE KENTUCKY. THERE IS A SCHC FOR FLURRIES OVER THE EXTREME NORTHEAST SECTIONS EARLY THIS EVENING...THEN THE REGION SHOULD REMAIN DRY AND COOLER THROUGH MIDDAY THURSDAY. ALTHOUGH MODELS ARE NOT PAINTING ANY QPF ACROSS OUR CWA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH MINIMAL MOISTURE AND A DECENT SHORT WAVE MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS THE CWA...COULD SEE A FEW SPRINKLES....SO ADDED SCHC POPS THERE. AFTER A BRIEF LULL LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT A LITTLE STRONGER SHORT WAVE AND ASSOCIATED SURFACE TROUGH/FRONT WILL CROSS THE CWA AND POSSIBLY CRANK OUT A HUNDREDTH OR TWO OF RAIN...SO ADDED SCHC POPS FOR BOTH PERIODS. MADE NO CHANGES BEYOND SIXTH PERIOD && .AVIATION... WIDESPREAD LOW CIGS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS TAF PERIOD...BUT WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE. POCKETS OF LIFR CIGS IN RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO MVFR CIGS IN ALL AREAS. AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN AND POSSIBLY SOME LIGHT SNOW THIS EVENING WILL REDUCE VSBY TO AROUND 6SM. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY FROM THE WEST TO NORTHWEST...WITH A FEW GUSTS TO AROUND 30 KT. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && PUBLIC...JP AVIATION...MY
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 6, 3:51 AM CST, 8 hours 46 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 6:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jefferson | 27 min |
| Feb 5, 6:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jefferson, Wayne | 52 min |
| Feb 5, 6:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson, Perry | 17 min |
| Feb 5, 6:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Wayne | 26 min |
| Feb 5, 6:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Union | 31 min |
| Feb 5, 7:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 43 min |
| Feb 5, 7:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson, Union, Williamson | 27 min |
| Feb 5, 7:28 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 5, 7:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson, Williamson | 29 min |
| Feb 5, 8:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Pope, Saline, Williamson | 25 min |
| Feb 5, 9:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski | 23 min |
| Feb 5, 9:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Massac, Pulaski | 13 min |
| Feb 5, 9:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Pope | 50 min |
| Feb 6, 12:32 PM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Wabash, White | 17 days |
| Feb 6, 12:37 PM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin | 17 days |
| Feb 5, 6:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman | 21 min |
| Feb 5, 6:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Trigg | 40 min |
| Feb 5, 7:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Trigg | 44 min |
| Feb 5, 7:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves | 38 min |
| Feb 5, 7:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg | 44 min |
| Feb 5, 8:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell | 35 min |
| Feb 5, 9:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess | 25 min |
| Feb 5, 9:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken, Marshall and 1 more | 41 min |
| Feb 5, 10:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg and 1 more | 38 min |
| Feb 5, 10:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg | 46 min |
| Feb 5, 11:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd, Trigg | 45 min |
| Feb 6, 12:04 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 26 min |
| Feb 6, 12:37 PM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Union | 16 days |
| Feb 6, 12:37 PM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 15 days |
| Feb 5, 6:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carter, Ripley | 29 min |
| Feb 5, 7:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ripley | 52 min |
| Feb 5, 7:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger | 27 min |
| Feb 5, 7:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Butler | 40 min |
| Feb 5, 8:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Stoddard | 47 min |
| Feb 5, 8:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott | 31 min |
| Feb 5, 8:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | New Madrid | 33 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.