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River Flood Warning 44, NWS Paducah, KY

April 20, 2011Gallatin County, Wayne County, White County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Apr 20, 2011, 10:05 AM CDT for Gallatin County, Wayne County, White County, Illinois. It took effect at Apr 23, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 2011, 10:05 AM CDT (15:05 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 23, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 22, 2011, 12:17 PM CDT
In force
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 15:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little Wabash River at Carmi (CARI2). The gauge peaked at 23.67 ft at Apr 23, 2011, 12:00 PM 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 Apr 20, 3:43 AM CDT, 6 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 20, 3:43 AM CDT, 6 hours 22 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 20, 4:11 AM CDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 20, 8:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before
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Local storm report, Apr 20, 9:42 AM CDT, 23 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 19, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard38 min
Apr 19, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard, Livingston, McCracken, Marshall44 min
Apr 19, 9:19 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHUnion3 hr
Apr 19, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Crittenden, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean and 3 more55 min
Apr 19, 9:46 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHDaviess, Henderson, McLean, Webster3 hr
Apr 19, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard, Crittenden, Livingston, McCracken59 min
Apr 19, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman51 min
Apr 19, 9:54 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBallard20 min
Apr 19, 9:58 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHBallard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken3 hr
Apr 19, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall30 min
Apr 19, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Crittenden, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean and 3 more66 min
Apr 19, 10:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Graves, Hopkins, Livingston and 6 more62 min
Apr 19, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman and 3 more59 min
Apr 19, 11:03 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHCaldwell, Crittenden, Graves, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon and 2 more3 hr
Apr 19, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall and 3 more30 min
Apr 19, 11:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Marshall, Trigg46 min
Apr 20, 12:11 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHCalloway, Marshall, Trigg21 min
Apr 20, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Christian, Lyon, Muhlenberg, Todd, Trigg49 min
Apr 20, 12:42 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Todd33 min
Apr 19, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHAlexander, Jackson, Union62 min
Apr 19, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJackson, Union31 min
Apr 19, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFranklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Perry, Union and 1 more60 min
Apr 19, 8:26 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJackson, Perry18 min
Apr 19, 8:27 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHAlexander, Jackson, Perry, Union3 hr
Apr 19, 8:47 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHFranklin, Jefferson, Johnson, Pulaski, Williamson3 hr
Apr 19, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHEdwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jefferson and 4 more55 min
Apr 19, 8:53 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJefferson, Perry, Wayne37 min
Apr 19, 9:13 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHHamilton, White32 min
Apr 19, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHEdwards, Gallatin, Wabash, White58 min
Apr 19, 9:26 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHWayne23 min
Apr 19, 9:29 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHWhite31 min
Apr 19, 9:30 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHAlexander, Jackson30 min
Apr 19, 9:35 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHEdwards, Wabash, Wayne25 min
Apr 19, 9:39 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHAlexander36 min
Apr 19, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHEdwards, Gallatin, Wabash, White53 min
Apr 19, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler, Carter, Wayne41 min
Apr 19, 7:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler, Carter, Ripley56 min
Apr 19, 7:48 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBollinger, Wayne27 min
Apr 19, 7:49 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry26 min
Apr 19, 7:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHBollinger, Butler, Carter, Perry, Ripley, Wayne3 hr
Apr 19, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler, Carter, Wayne32 min
Apr 19, 8:02 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPerry18 min
Apr 19, 8:03 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Stoddard, Wayne27 min
Apr 19, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarter24 min
Apr 19, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHButler, Ripley, Stoddard, Wayne35 min
Apr 19, 8:34 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBollinger, Stoddard, Wayne26 min
Apr 19, 9:13 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, Scott, Stoddard32 min

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.