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River Flood Warning 94, NWS Paducah, KY

December 2, 2011Livingston County, McCracken County, Kentucky; Massac County, Pope County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Dec 2, 2011, 11:56 AM CST for Livingston County, McCracken County, Kentucky; Massac County, Pope County, Illinois. It took effect at Dec 5, 2011, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 13 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 2, 2011, 11:56 AM CST (17:56 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 5, 2011, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Dec 17, 2011, 9:32 PM CST
In force: 13 days
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Livingston County, KY, McCracken County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Paducah (PAHK2).

Action stage: 32 ft
Minor stage: 39 ft
Moderate stage: 43 ft
Major stage: 52 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03611000, 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 2, 11:42 AM CST, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 11:42 AM CST, 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 2, 3:13 AM CST, 8 hours 43 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
313 AM CST FRI DEC 2 2011

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-031100-
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-
313 AM CST FRI DEC 2 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

MINOR RIVER FLOODING CONTINUES...REFER TO THE FLOOD WARNINGS AND
STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS FORECAST FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS SHOULD BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF
THE OHIO RIVER...WHERE 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS THE PENNYRILE REGION OF WESTERN KENTUCKY. REFER TO THE
HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT FOR MORE DETAILS.

THERE COULD BE A CHANGE OVER FROM RAIN...TO A MIX OF RAIN AND
SNOW...THEN LIGHT SNOW MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS COLDER
AIR IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY WORK INTO THE AREA. AT THIS
TIME...CONFIDENCE IS LOW IN KNOWING WHEN THE CHANGE OVER MIGHT
OCCUR AND HOW LONG IT MAY LAST. IMPACT ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT
EXPECTED AT THIS TIME GIVEN LOW FORECAST CONFIDENCE.

MINOR RIVER FLOODING IS FORECAST...REFERENCE THE WARNINGS AND
STATEMENTS FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 1, 8:13 PM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	McLean, Webster	11 days

Nearby

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