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River Flood Warning 75, NWS Paducah, KY

December 24, 2009Butler County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Dec 24, 2009, 1:03 AM CST for Butler County, Missouri. It took effect at Dec 24, 2009, 5:31 PM CST. It was in force for 44 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 24, 2009, 1:03 AM CST (07:03 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 24, 2009, 5:31 PM CST
Expired: Dec 26, 2009, 1:04 PM CST
In force: 44 hr
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Flood severity: Minor

County Butler County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:04 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 Black River at Poplar Bluff (PPBM7). The gauge peaked at 17.56 ft at Dec 25, 2009, 8:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07063000, 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 Dec 23, 11:50 PM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 11:50 PM CST, 1 hour 13 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
Dec 23, 8:45 PM CST	Flood Watch	PAH	Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson and 9 more	27 hr
Dec 24, 9:13 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Wayne, White	3 days
Dec 24, 9:18 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Wayne, White	12 days
Dec 24, 10:20 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Franklin, Williamson	9 days
Dec 24, 10:20 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Jackson	10 days
Dec 24, 5:54 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson and 9 more	6 hr
Dec 24, 10:26 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Butler, Stoddard, Wayne	6 hr
Dec 24, 12:43 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Carter, Ripley	6 hr
Dec 24, 4:09 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Butler, Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard	18 hr
Dec 24, 4:11 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry, Wayne	8 hr

Nearby

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.