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River Flood Warning 73, NWS Paducah, KY

December 14, 20094 counties in Kentucky; Alexander County, Pulaski County, Illinois; Mississippi County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Dec 14, 2009, 11:35 AM CST for 4 counties in Kentucky; Alexander County, Pulaski County, Illinois; Mississippi County, Missouri. It took effect at Dec 17, 2009, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 14, 2009, 11:35 AM CST (17:35 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 17, 2009, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Dec 16, 2009, 10:12 AM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Alexander County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Mississippi County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:36 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 Ohio River at Cairo (CIRI2).

Action stage
32 ft
Minor stage
40 ft
Moderate stage
47 ft
Major stage
53 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 14, 11:35 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHMcCracken4 days
Dec 14, 11:35 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHBallard, McCracken57 hr

Nearby

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