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River Flood Warning 91, NWS Paducah, KY

May 26, 2008Alexander County, Jackson County, Union County, Illinois; Cape Girardeau County, Perry County, Scott County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at May 26, 2008, 3:54 PM CDT for Alexander County, Jackson County, Union County, Illinois; Cape Girardeau County, Perry County, Scott County, Missouri. It took effect at May 27, 2008, 11:06 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 26, 2008, 3:54 PM CDT (20:54 UTC)
In effect from: May 27, 2008, 11:06 AM CDT
Expired: May 31, 2008, 7:24 AM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Alexander County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Union County, IL, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Perry County, MO, Scott County, MO

The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau (CPGM7). The gauge peaked at 33.14 ft at May 29, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 29 ft
Minor stage: 32 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 07020850, 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 26, 1:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 1:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 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
May 25, 7:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Jackson, Williamson	60 min
May 25, 8:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Williamson	15 min
May 25, 8:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson, Union	65 min
May 25, 9:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Union	25 min
May 25, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Bollinger	46 min
May 25, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Scott, Stoddard	22 min

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.