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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Paducah, KY

February 28, 2011Livingston County, McCracken County, Kentucky; Massac County, Pope County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 28, 2011, 12:06 PM CST for Livingston County, McCracken County, Kentucky; Massac County, Pope County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 2, 2011, 2:24 AM CST. It was in force for 27 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 28, 2011, 12:06 PM CST (18:06 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 2, 2011, 2:24 AM CST
Expired: Mar 29, 2011, 1:02 PM CDT
In force: 27 days
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Livingston County, KY, McCracken County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ohio River at Paducah (PAHK2).

Action stage: 32 ft
Minor stage: 39 ft
Moderate stage: 43 ft
Major stage: 52 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03611000, 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 Feb 28, 5:53 AM CST, 6 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 5:53 AM CST, 6 hours 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 28, 8:27 AM CST, 3 hours 39 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
Feb 28, 2:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Henderson	22 min
Feb 28, 5:18 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Calloway, Christian, Todd, Trigg	4 hr
Feb 28, 12:06 PM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Daviess, Henderson	21 days
Feb 28, 12:06 PM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Fulton	31 days
Feb 27, 8:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Johnson, Pope, Saline, Williamson	25 min
Feb 27, 9:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Wayne, Williamson	37 min
Feb 27, 9:47 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards, Hamilton, Wayne	28 min
Feb 28, 12:14 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Jefferson	46 min
Feb 28, 12:38 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jefferson, Perry	37 min
Feb 28, 12:46 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Hamilton, Wayne, White	44 min
Feb 28, 12:53 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Wayne	37 min
Feb 28, 1:12 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash	33 min
Feb 28, 1:32 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Jackson, Union	43 min
Feb 28, 1:35 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Wabash	40 min
Feb 28, 2:02 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jackson, Johnson, Union, Williamson	28 min
Feb 28, 12:06 PM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Alexander	19 days
Feb 28, 1:02 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry	43 min
Feb 28, 1:56 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Carter, Ripley, Wayne	34 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2011 River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2011 Every 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.