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River Flood Warning 36, NWS Paducah, KY

May 6, 2009Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at May 6, 2009, 8:50 AM CDT for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It took effect at May 8, 2009, 8:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 2009, 8:50 AM CDT (13:50 UTC)
In effect from
May 8, 2009, 8:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 7, 2009, 12:09 PM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Flood severity
Minor

County Muhlenberg County, KY

The river

Written for the forecast point Green River (KY) at Paradise (PRDK2). The gauge peaked at 14.50 ft at May 6, 2009, 10:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
378 ft
Minor stage
380 ft
Moderate stage
386 ft
Major stage
400 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03316500, 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 6, 3:14 AM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 6, 3:14 AM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 6, 4:48 AM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
448 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-071000-
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-
448 AM CDT WED MAY 6 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR OVER
PARTS OF WESTERN KENTUCKY EARLY THIS MORNING. THERE IS A SLIGHT
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE ENTIRE REGION.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON SEVERAL
RIVERS...INCLUDING PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO RIVERS.
PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS ON
RIVER FLOODING ACROSS THE REGION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AFTERNOON
AND THURSDAY NIGHT. SCATTERED STORMS MAY DEVELOP IN THE
AFTERNOON...A FEW OF WHICH COULD PRODUCE HAIL AND LOCALLY DAMAGING
WINDS. DURING THE NIGHT...AN ORGANIZED COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS
MAY MOVE FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION. DAMAGING WIND WOULD
BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD WITH THE NIGHT TIME ACTIVITY. IN ADDITION TO
THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY ACCOMPANY THE
STORMS.

MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT AS A
COLD FRONT MOVES SLOWLY SOUTH ACROSS THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY. A FEW
STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE...AND MORE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS
POSSIBLE. THE MAGNITUDE OF THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL DEPEND
ON HOW UNSTABLE THE ATMOSPHERE CAN BECOME FOLLOWING ANY PREVIOUS
THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES.

THERE IS A CHANCE OF MORE THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY. THE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS VERY LOW DURING THIS
PERIOD.

MINOR TO MODERATE RIVER FLOODING WILL PERSIST ON SEVERAL AREA
RIVERS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.

MY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 10:06 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHLivingston, McCracken15 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.