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River Flood Warning 38, NWS Paducah, KY

March 18, 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 18, 2013, 11:11 AM CDT for Alexander County, Jackson County, Union County, Illinois; Cape Girardeau County, Perry County, Scott County, Missouri. It took effect at Mar 18, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 18, 2013, 11:11 AM CDT (16:11 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 18, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 19, 2013, 10:24 AM CDT
In force
15 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 16:12 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 Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau (CPGM7). The gauge peaked at 32.06 ft at Mar 18, 2013, 11:00 PM 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.

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 18, 10:40 AM CDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 10:40 AM CDT, 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 3:41 AM CDT, 7 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
341 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-190845-
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-
341 AM CDT MON MAR 18 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE
QUAD STATE REGION THIS MORNING. A FEW STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL
HAIL...OTHERWISE SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

MINOR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF
THE QUAD STATE TUESDAY NIGHT...THEN OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE
AREA TOWARD THE END OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME.

JP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 18, 7:25 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHChristian, Todd, Trigg110 min
Mar 18, 10:53 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson5 days
Mar 18, 10:53 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHHenderson, Union47 hr
Mar 18, 10:53 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHUnion5 days
Mar 18, 10:53 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHCrittenden, Union8 days
Mar 18, 11:03 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHBallard, McCracken8 days
Mar 18, 2:42 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHMuhlenberg5 days
Mar 18, 6:07 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHWayne, White41 hr
Mar 18, 10:24 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHFranklin, Williamson5 days
Mar 18, 10:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHGallatin, Wabash, White70 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.