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River Flood Warning 23, NWS Paducah, KY

March 13, 2013Alexander County, Jackson County, Union County, Illinois; Cape Girardeau County, Perry County, Scott County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Mar 13, 2013, 12:04 PM CDT for Alexander County, Jackson County, Union County, Illinois; Cape Girardeau County, Perry County, Scott County, Missouri. It took effect at Mar 14, 2013, 6:08 AM CDT. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 2013, 12:04 PM CDT (17:04 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 14, 2013, 6:08 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 15, 2013, 7:10 PM CDT
In force
37 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Alexander County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Union County, IL, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Perry County, MO, Scott County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:07 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 Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau (CPGM7). The gauge peaked at 32.17 ft at Mar 15, 2013, 4:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
29 ft
Minor stage
32 ft
Moderate stage
37 ft
Major stage
42 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07020850, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 12:16 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHBallard, McCracken70 hr
Mar 13, 12:16 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman13 days
Mar 13, 12:04 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHAlexander23 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2013River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2013Every river flood warning in 2013

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.