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River Flood Warning 27, NWS Paducah, KY

April 8, 20114 counties in Kentucky; Alexander County, Pulaski County, Illinois; Mississippi County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Apr 8, 2011, 11:17 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kentucky; Alexander County, Pulaski County, Illinois; Mississippi County, Missouri. It took effect at Apr 10, 2011, 11:40 AM CDT. It was in force for 58 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 8, 2011, 11:17 AM CDT (16:17 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 10, 2011, 11:40 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 7, 2011, 7:27 AM CDT
In force: 58 days
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Alexander County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Mississippi County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ohio River at Cairo (CIRI2).

Action stage: 32 ft
Minor stage: 40 ft
Moderate stage: 47 ft
Major stage: 53 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 8, 11:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Daviess, Henderson	38 days

Nearby

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