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River Flood Warning 26, NWS Paducah, KY

April 8, 2011Daviess County, Henderson County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Apr 8, 2011, 11:17 AM CDT for Daviess County, Henderson County, Kentucky. It took effect at Apr 11, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 35 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 2011, 11:17 AM CDT (16:17 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 11, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 16, 2011, 8:27 AM CDT
In force
35 days
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Daviess County, KY, Henderson County, KY

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:16 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 Newburgh Lock and Dam (NBGI3).

Action stage
35 ft
Minor stage
38 ft
Moderate stage
48 ft
Major stage
56 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03304300, 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 Apr 8, 6:53 AM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 6:53 AM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 8, 11:17 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman60 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 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.