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River Flood Warning 47, NWS Paducah, KY

May 15, 2009Gallatin County, Wabash County, White County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at May 15, 2009, 9:59 AM CDT for Gallatin County, Wabash County, White County, Illinois. It took effect at May 16, 2009, 12:21 AM CDT. It was in force for 15 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 15, 2009, 9:59 AM CDT (14:59 UTC)
In effect from: May 16, 2009, 12:21 AM CDT
Expired: May 30, 2009, 11:09 PM CDT
In force: 15 days
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Gallatin County, IL, Wabash County, IL, White County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Wabash River at New Harmony (NHRI3).

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03378500, 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 14, 2:42 PM CDT, 19 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 2:42 PM CDT, 19 hours 17 minutes before

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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.