Alert archive / Kentucky / River Flood Warnings in 2010
River Flood Warning 2, NWS Paducah, KY
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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</html>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.
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SMITTYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 12:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Fulton | 22 min |
| Jan 21, 12:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | McCracken | 21 min |
| Jan 21, 12:58 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | McCracken | 2 hr |
| Jan 21, 1:33 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Daviess, Henderson | 3 hr |
| Jan 21, 10:08 AM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard | 112 min |
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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.