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River Flood Warning 28, NWS Paducah, KY

March 17, 2013Jackson County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Mar 17, 2013, 9:25 AM CDT for Jackson County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 19, 2013, 10:56 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 17, 2013, 9:25 AM CDT (14:25 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 19, 2013, 10:56 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 27, 2013, 9:21 PM CDT
In force
8 days
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Flood severity
Minor

County Jackson County, IL

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:26 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 Big Muddy River at Murphysboro (MURI2). The gauge peaked at 28.74 ft at Mar 22, 2013, 2:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
20 ft
Minor stage
22 ft
Moderate stage
28 ft
Major stage
36 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05599490, 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 Mar 17, 6:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 6:54 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 17, 3:54 AM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
354 AM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-180900-
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-
354 AM CDT SUN MAR 17 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SNOW AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING OVER
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND SOUTHWEST INDIANA. A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SNOW AND SLEET ALONG AND NORTH
OF A LINE FROM PINCKNEYVILLE ILLINOIS TO ROCKPORT INDIANA. SEE THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DETAILS.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE QUAD
STATE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...THEN OVER THE ENTIRE AREA TONIGHT.
WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE
QUAD STATE REGION MONDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED.

SOME MINOR ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTHERN
SECTIONS OF THE QUAD STATE AREA LATE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SLEET OR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

JP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 9:00 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHWayne51 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 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.