Alert archive / Illinois / River Flood Warnings in 2008
River Flood Warning 98, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Jul 28, 2008, 2:48 PM CDT for Alexander County, Jackson County, Union County, Illinois; Cape Girardeau County, Perry County, Scott County, Missouri. It took effect at Jul 30, 2008, 10:34 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 2008, 2:48 PM CDT (19:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 30, 2008, 10:34 AM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2008, 5:34 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 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 radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 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 Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau (CPGM7). The gauge peaked at 35.08 ft at Aug 4, 2008, 12:00 AM 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.
Nearby
River 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.