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River Flood Warning 80, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at May 8, 2008, 9:17 AM CDT for Wayne County, White County, Illinois. It took effect at May 9, 2008, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 8, 2008, 9:17 AM CDT (14:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 9, 2008, 5:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 8, 2008, 8:40 PM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Wayne County, IL, White County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:17 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 Skillet Fork River at Wayne City (WYNI2). The gauge peaked at 17.54 ft at May 9, 2008, 8:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 13 ft
- Minor stage
- 15 ft
- Moderate stage
- 17 ft
- Major stage
- 20 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03380500, 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 May 8, 2:10 AM CDT, 7 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 8, 2:10 AM CDT, 7 hours 7 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 7:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 729 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2008 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-091030- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER- RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- 729 AM CDT THU MAY 8 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE REGION TODAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS OVERHEAD. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT IN WESTERN KENTUCKY DOWN NEAR THE TENNESSEE BORDER. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZED HAIL WOULD BE THE MAIN HAZARDS WITH ANY STRONG STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE QUAD STATE SATURDAY NIGHT AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH INTO THE REGION. AT THIS TIME...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS APPEAR TO BE THE MAIN STORM HAZARDS. HOWEVER...ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT AT THIS TIME. OTHERWISE...SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN FRIDAY AND NEXT WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY SATURDAY NIGHT...AND THEN AGAIN TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED IN SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY TODAY...THEN OVER THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE REGION SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 4:08 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Henderson | 67 min |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 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.