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River Flood Warning 64, NWS Paducah, KY

October 30, 2009Alexander County, Illinois; Scott County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Oct 30, 2009, 11:01 AM CDT for Alexander County, Illinois; Scott County, Missouri. It took effect at Oct 31, 2009, 11:49 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 30, 2009, 11:01 AM CDT (16:01 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 31, 2009, 11:49 AM CDT
Expired: Nov 9, 2009, 6:00 AM CST
In force: 9 days
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Alexander County, IL, Scott County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Thebes (THBI2). The gauge peaked at 37.92 ft at Nov 4, 2009, 1:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 30 ft
Minor stage: 33 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 07022000, 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 Oct 30, 3:40 AM CDT, 7 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 30, 3:40 AM CDT, 7 hours 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 30, 5:05 AM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 30, 8:20 AM CDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 30, 8:33 AM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 30, 8:36 AM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 30, 9:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 30, 9:33 AM CDT, 1 hour 28 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
Oct 30, 8:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman	10 hr
Oct 30, 11:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman	9 days
Oct 30, 2:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Calloway, Graves, Livingston, McCracken, Marshall	3 hr
Oct 30, 4:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Christian, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg and 2 more	3 hr
Oct 30, 5:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Franklin, Williamson	15 hr
Oct 30, 5:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Jackson	10 days
Oct 30, 5:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Alexander, Jackson, Union	11 days
Oct 30, 5:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Wayne, White	3 hr
Oct 30, 5:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Wayne, White	15 hr
Oct 30, 5:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Wabash, White	3 hr
Oct 30, 8:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Alexander, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry, Pulaski and 2 more	6 hr
Oct 29, 9:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Butler, Carter, Ripley, Wayne	6 hr
Oct 30, 2:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard	4 hr
Oct 30, 3:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Butler, Carter, Ripley, Wayne	6 hr
Oct 30, 5:40 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Ripley	63 hr
Oct 30, 5:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry	10 hr
Oct 30, 7:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard	7 hr
Oct 30, 9:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Butler, Carter, Ripley, Wayne	10 hr
Oct 30, 2:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Carter	19 hr
Oct 30, 3:53 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Perry	4 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2009 River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2009 Every 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.