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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Paducah, KY

January 21, 2010Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Jan 21, 2010, 2:09 PM CST for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It took effect at Jan 22, 2010, 4:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 21, 2010, 2:09 PM CST (20:09 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 22, 2010, 4:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 28, 2010, 2:50 PM CST
In force
6 days
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).

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 Jan 21, 1:52 PM CST, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 1:52 PM CST, 17 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 21, 12:38 PM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1238 PM CST THU JAN 21 2010

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-221845-
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-
1238 PM CST THU JAN 21 2010

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST FOR BUTLER...STODDARD...SCOTT...
MISSISSIPPI...AND NEW MADRID COUNTIES IN MISSOURI AND CARLISLE...HICKMAN...
FULTON...GRAVES...AND CALLOWAY COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING HEAVY RAINFALL AND LIGHTNING
TO THE REGION MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME STORMS COULD
BECOME SEVERE GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM POPLAR
BLUFF MISSOURI TO SCOTT CITY MISSOURI TO PADUCAH KENTUCKY TO
CENTRAL CITY KENTUCKY. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
COUNTIES LISTED ABOVE. MINOR FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE
AREAS IS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST SATURDAY AND SATURDAY
NIGHT. HEAVY RAINS AND LIGHTNING WILL LIKELY BE THE PRIMARY
THREATS AGAIN...HOWEVER SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT AT
THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND
POSSIBLY AGAIN SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY EVENING.

JAP

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 21, 8:21 AM CST, 5 hours 48 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
821 AM CST THU JAN 21 2010

KYZ001-MOZ110-112-114-211530-
FULTON-STODDARD-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HICKMAN...BLOOMFIELD...CHARLESTON...
NEW MADRID
821 AM CST THU JAN 21 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTH FROM THE MISSOURI
BOOTHEEL...REACHING NEW MADRID COUNTY MISSOURI BY 845 AM. SOME OF
THESE STORMS WILL CONTAIN HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS. VERY
HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR. WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.

THE STRONG STORMS MAY ALSO IMPACT SOUTHERN STODDARD COUNTY AND
FULTON COUNTY KENTUCKY BETWEEN 845 AM AND 915 AM.

MY
Special weather statement, Jan 21, 9:43 AM CST, 4 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
943 AM CST THU JAN 21 2010

KYZ001-002-MOZ110>112-114-211615-
HICKMAN KY-STODDARD MO-SCOTT MO-MISSISSIPPI MO-NEW MADRID MO-
FULTON KY-
943 AM CST THU JAN 21 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

AT 930 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE
LEADING EDGE OF A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS.  THE STORMS
WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM BAKER TO NEW MADRID MISSOURI...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THE STORMS WILL MOVE NEAR A DIELSTADT MISSOURI...COLUMBUS AND FULTON
KENTUCKY LINE BY 1030 AM CST. SOME OF THE STORMS ALONG AND BEHIND
THE INITIAL LINE OF STORMS MAY BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO PRODUCE
NICKLE SIZE HAIL. THE AREA OF GREATEST CONCERN WILL BE ALONG AND
EAST OF A LINE FROM PORTAGEVILLE AND CHARLESTON MISSOURI...ACROSS
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST KENTUCKY.

IN ADDITION...THE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...UP TO AN
INCH AN HOUR...WHICH MAY RESULT IN STANDING WATER ON AREA ROADS.
WATER LEVELS IN SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS AND IN DITCHES MAY RISE
QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION.

SMITH
Special weather statement, Jan 21, 11:23 AM CST, 2 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1123 AM CST THU JAN 21 2010

ILZ092-093-KYZ002>005-MOZ112-211800-
PULASKI IL-ALEXANDER IL-BALLARD KY-MCCRACKEN KY-CARLISLE KY-
HICKMAN KY-MISSISSIPPI MO-
1123 AM CST THU JAN 21 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

AT 1114 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG
WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF MOUNDS TO CAIRO TO 6 MILES SOUTH
OF WYATT...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THE GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ALONG AND BEHIND THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LINE IS EXPECTED TO REACH NEAR THE
BALLARD...MCCRACKEN LINE IN WEST KENTUCKY...TO JUST EAST OF
ARLINGTON IN CARLISLE COUNTY KENTUCKY SHORTLY AFTER THE NOON HOUR.

THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AS WELL...WHICH MAY RESULT IN
STANDING WATER ON AREA ROADS. WATER LEVELS IN SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS
AND IN DITCHES MAY RISE QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION.

SMITH
Special weather statement, Jan 21, 12:16 PM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1216 PM CST THU JAN 21 2010

KYZ001>003-MOZ110>112-114-211930-
FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HICKMAN...CLINTON...BARDWELL...
BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
1216 PM CST THU JAN 21 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY...

AT 1210 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG
WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS. MOST OF THE
STORMS WERE ALONG A LINE FROM SIKESTON MISSOURI TO
PADUCAH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER...MORE ISOLATED AND
STRONGER STORMS WERE IN EASTERN NEW MADRID COUNTY ALONG THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

THE NORTHERN STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST AND WEAKEN AS
THEY MOVE INTO ILLINOIS.

THE ISOLATED STORMS ALONG THE KENTUCKY/TENNESSEE BORDER ARE
EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN NUMBER AND STRENGTH THROUGH 130 PM.

THESE STORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN AS WELL...WHICH MAY
RESULT IN STANDING WATER ON AREA ROADS. WATER LEVELS IN SMALL
CREEKS...STREAMS AND IN DITCHES MAY RISE QUICKLY...ESPECIALLY IN
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

STAY TUNED TO WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION.

PS
Local storm report, Jan 21, 12:40 PM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1240 PM CST THU JAN 21 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1222 PM     LIGHTNING        CAIRO                   37.00N 89.18W
01/21/2010                   ALEXANDER          IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LIGHTNING STRIKE LEFT A LARGE HOLE IN A HOUSING
            DEVELOPMENT UNIT IN TOWN. POLICE ALSO REPORTED VERY
            FREQUENT LIGHTNING WITH THIS STORM.

&&

SMITTY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 21, 12:23 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFulton22 min
Jan 21, 12:54 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMcCracken21 min
Jan 21, 12:58 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHMcCracken2 hr
Jan 21, 1:33 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHDaviess, Henderson3 hr
Jan 21, 10:08 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHMississippi, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard112 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2010Every river flood warning in 2010

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.