Alert archive / Kentucky / River Flood Warnings in 2011
River Flood Warning 100, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Dec 10, 2011, 2:48 PM CST for Livingston County, Kentucky; Pope County, Illinois. It took effect at Dec 11, 2011, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 10, 2011, 2:48 PM CST (20:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 11, 2011, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 11, 2011, 11:52 AM CST
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Pope County, IL, Livingston County, KY
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 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 Smithland Lock and Dam (SMLI2). The gauge peaked at 39.94 ft at Dec 11, 2011, 2:00 AM CST.
- Action stage
- 35 ft
- Minor stage
- 40 ft
- Moderate stage
- 48 ft
- Major stage
- 50 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03399800, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2011River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2011Every river flood warning in 2011
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.