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River Flood Warning 61, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at May 23, 2011, 9:38 AM CDT for Union County, Kentucky. It took effect at May 28, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 2011, 9:38 AM CDT (14:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 28, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 25, 2011, 1:42 PM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Union County, KY
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:41 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 J.T. Myers Lock and Dam (UNWK2).
- Action stage
- 33 ft
- Minor stage
- 37 ft
- Moderate stage
- 49 ft
- Major stage
- 60 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03322420, 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 May 23, 7:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 23, 7:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 422 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2011 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-241000- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER- RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- 422 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE QUAD STATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT. A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WHILE DAMAGING WINDS WILL BECOME THE PRIMARY CONCERN AFTER MIDNIGHT. AN ISOLATED...BRIEF TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT AT ANY TIME. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY ALL THUNDERSTORMS. PLEASE REFER TO RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION REGARDING AREA RIVER LEVELS AND FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AS THE RESPONSIBLE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE MAXIMIZED. AT THIS TIME...SUPERCELLS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN WITH THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THIS PERIOD. PLEASE REFER TO RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION REGARDING AREA RIVER LEVELS AND FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD MONITOR THE FORECAST CLOSELY AND BE PREPARED FOR ACTIVATION AT ANY TIME FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. DRS
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 23, 6:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 9:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 52 hr |
| May 23, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson | 22 min |
| May 23, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Graves, Hickman, McCracken | 42 min |
| May 23, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson | 47 min |
| May 23, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken, Marshall | 24 min |
| May 23, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd, Trigg | 36 min |
| May 23, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd, Trigg | 31 min |
| May 22, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Johnson, Pulaski, Union | 34 min |
| May 22, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Johnson, Union | 30 min |
| May 22, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Williamson | 32 min |
| May 23, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Williamson | 25 min |
| May 23, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 35 min |
| May 23, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander, Jackson, Union | 44 min |
| May 23, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson, Union | 33 min |
| May 23, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jackson | 33 min |
| May 23, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin, Williamson | 29 min |
| May 23, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson, Pope, Saline, Union, Williamson | 40 min |
| May 23, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Hardin, Pope, Saline | 43 min |
| May 23, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ripley | 43 min |
| May 23, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Stoddard, Wayne | 38 min |
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.