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River Flood Warning 20, NWS Paducah, KY

March 3, 2011Gallatin County, Wayne County, White County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Mar 3, 2011, 9:03 AM CST for Gallatin County, Wayne County, White County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 6, 2011, 8:06 PM CST. It was in force for 20 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 3, 2011, 9:03 AM CST (15:03 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 6, 2011, 8:06 PM CST
Expired
Mar 26, 2011, 7:56 PM CDT
In force
20 days
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Gallatin County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:06 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 Little Wabash River at Carmi (CARI2). The gauge peaked at 32.63 ft at Mar 16, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
24 ft
Minor stage
27 ft
Moderate stage
32 ft
Major stage
35 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03381495, 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 Mar 2, 3:30 PM CST, 17 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 2, 3:30 PM CST, 17 hours 33 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 3, 3:38 PM CSTFlash Flood WatchPAHBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more43 hr

Nearby

River 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.