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River Flood Warning 35, NWS Paducah, KY

May 5, 2009Livingston County, McCracken County, Kentucky; Massac County, Pope County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at May 5, 2009, 10:06 PM CDT for Livingston County, McCracken County, Kentucky; Massac County, Pope County, Illinois. It took effect at May 7, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 14 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 2009, 10:06 PM CDT (03:06 UTC)
In effect from
May 7, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 20, 2009, 10:17 PM CDT
In force
14 days
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Livingston County, KY, McCracken County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:08 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 Paducah (PAHK2).

Action stage
32 ft
Minor stage
39 ft
Moderate stage
43 ft
Major stage
52 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03611000, 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 5, 7:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 7:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 8:50 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHMuhlenberg27 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2009River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2009Every river flood warning in 2009

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.