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River Flood Warning 92, NWS Paducah, KY

December 1, 2011Crittenden County, Livingston County, Kentucky; Hardin County, Pope County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Dec 1, 2011, 8:45 AM CST for Crittenden County, Livingston County, Kentucky; Hardin County, Pope County, Illinois. It took effect at Dec 3, 2011, 2:00 AM CST. It was in force for 14 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 1, 2011, 8:45 AM CST (14:45 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 3, 2011, 2:00 AM CST
Expired
Dec 17, 2011, 10:52 AM CST
In force
14 days
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Hardin County, IL, Pope County, IL, Crittenden County, KY, Livingston County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:45 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 Golconda (GOLI2).

Action stage
36 ft
Minor stage
40 ft
Moderate stage
49 ft
Major stage
55 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03384500, 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 Dec 1, 1:14 AM CST, 7 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 1, 1:14 AM CST, 7 hours 31 minutes before
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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.