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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Paducah, KY

January 13, 2013Christian County, Trigg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Jan 13, 2013, 8:21 PM CST for Christian County, Trigg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 13, 2013, 8:21 PM CST (02:21 UTC)
Expired: Jan 14, 2013, 2:30 AM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Christian County, KY, Trigg County, KY

The river

Written for the forecast point South Fork Little River at Hopkinsville - Bypass (HLBK2). The gauge peaked at 17.49 ft at Jan 13, 2013, 9:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03437495, 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 Jan 13, 5:59 PM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 5:59 PM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 13, 3:47 PM CST, 4 hours 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 13, 3:38 PM CST, 4 hours 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 13, 7:58 PM CST, 23 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 13, 9:28 PM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Muhlenberg	8 days
Jan 14, 12:02 PM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Union	11 days
Jan 14, 12:02 PM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Crittenden, Union	12 days
Jan 14, 12:02 PM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Henderson, Union	10 days
Jan 13, 8:29 PM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Butler, Stoddard	63 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.