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River Flood Warning 52, NWS Paducah, KY

April 20, 2013Crittenden County, Union County, Kentucky; Gallatin County, Hardin County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Apr 20, 2013, 11:12 AM CDT for Crittenden County, Union County, Kentucky; Gallatin County, Hardin County, Illinois. It took effect at Apr 22, 2013, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 2013, 11:12 AM CDT (16:12 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 22, 2013, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 22, 2013, 12:19 PM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Gallatin County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Crittenden County, KY, Union County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:18 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 Shawneetown (SHNI2). The gauge peaked at 32.05 ft at Apr 23, 2013, 6:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
30 ft
Minor stage
33 ft
Moderate stage
43 ft
Major stage
53 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03381700, 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 Apr 19, 6:08 PM CDT, 17 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 6:08 PM CDT, 17 hours 4 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 11:12 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHMcCracken28 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2013River 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.