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River Flood Warning 39, NWS Paducah, KY

May 3, 2010Alexander County, Illinois; Scott County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at May 3, 2010, 1:49 PM CDT for Alexander County, Illinois; Scott County, Missouri. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 3, 2010, 1:49 PM CDT (18:49 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2010, 4:18 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Flood severity
Minor

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 18:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Mississippi River at Thebes (THBI2). The gauge peaked at 34.27 ft at May 2, 2010, 2:00 PM CDT.

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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 May 3, 12:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 12:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1242 PM CDT MON MAY 3 2010

.DISCUSSION...
NEW SWODY1 PAINTS SLGT RISK ACROSS NORTHERN COUNTIES...IE NORTH OF
OH RIVER...ALONG ADVANCING FRONTAL BOUNDARY. LOOKING UPSTREAM VIS
IMAGERY DOES REVEAL DISTURBED CU DECK NE MO/NW IL...AND AS TEMPS
HEAT UP SURFACE BASED CAPES MODELLED INTO LOWER 1KS J/KG. RUC13
AND NAM BOTH FLIRT WITH NRN ZONES AFT 21Z WITH OVERNIGHT POPS
RANGING PERHAPS AS HIGH AS HIGH CHC NE TO LOW/NO CHANCE
SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST. GIVEN H5 TEMPS AND LAPSE RATES SWODY1 TEXT
SUGGESTS HAIL AS MAIN THREAT IF IT OCCURS.

MODELS DO SEEM TO DAMPEN CONVECTION AS IT GETS GOING/APPROACHES
FA...SO IT WILL BE A WAIT-NE-SEE ON DEVELOPMENT. WILL GO AHEAD AND
PAINT THE TAPERING OF POPS FROM HI CHC TO LOW CHC NE TO SW AND
BLEND TO THE COLLAB PIC. AFTER TONIGHT...WE SHOULD SEE SOME
WARMING/DRYING. HOWEVER ANOTHER WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY SKIRTS
ACROSS THE LOWER OH VALLEY AND INTRODUCES A SLGT CHC MENTIONABLE
POP IN OUR NE FOR WED PM/EVENING. OTHER THAN THAT...WE LOOK GOOD
AND DRY THRU FRI...WHEN THE NEXT SUCH FRONT COMES THRU. IT LOOKS
TO COOL US OFF OVER THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AFTER ITS
WEEK END FROPA POPS.

BLENDED RUC TO GFS FOR LONGER TERM FORECAST PIC. BLENDED MAV/MET
MOS WITH HPC GUID AND COLLAB PIC FOR TEMPS.

&&

.AVIATION...
MAINLY VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH TUESDAY WITH
THE ONLY CONCERN BEING A WEAK COLD FRONT APPROACHING FROM NRN IL/MO.
FRONT WILL NOT APPROACH NWRN PORTIONS OF THE CWA UNTIL AFTER 22Z
WITH TIMING OF FROPA AT TAF SITES GENERALLY BETWEEN 04Z AND 07Z.
ISOLATED TSTMS WILL LIKELY POP UP AHEAD OF THE FRONT LATER THIS
AFTERNOON BUT ACTIVITY WILL NOT HIT EVERY LOCATION AND WILL TEND TO
WEAKEN AS IT HEADS FURTHER SE AND AFTER SUNSET/LOSS OF INSTABILITY.
WORST CASE WOULD BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF LOW VFR CIGS AND LOW MVFR/IFR
VIS WITH A TSTM. WINDS COULD ALSO GUST OVER 20KTS WITH ANY TSTM.

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
KY...NONE.
MO...NONE.
IL...NONE.
IN...NONE.
&&
Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 1:49 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 7:08 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman27 days
May 2, 10:05 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHMcCracken13 days
May 2, 10:05 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHBallard, McCracken25 days
May 3, 3:43 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryPAHCrittenden, Daviess, Henderson, Livingston, McLean, Union and 1 more4 hr
May 3, 1:03 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningPAHChristian6 hr
May 3, 1:49 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHFulton15 days
May 3, 1:54 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHLivingston9 days
May 3, 1:54 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHLivingston, McCracken10 days
May 3, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPerry30 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2010River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.