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River Flood Warning 62, NWS Paducah, KY

May 31, 2013Wayne County, White County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at May 31, 2013, 9:07 AM CDT for Wayne County, White County, Illinois. It took effect at May 31, 2013, 7:51 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 2013, 9:07 AM CDT (14:07 UTC)
In effect from: May 31, 2013, 7:51 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 4, 2013, 8:40 AM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Wayne County, IL, White County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Skillet Fork River at Wayne City (WYNI2). The gauge peaked at 16.92 ft at Jun 2, 2013, 10:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03380500, 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 May 31, 6:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 6:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 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
May 30, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	McCracken	26 min
May 30, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Calloway, Fulton, Graves, Hickman	48 min
May 30, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Carlisle, Graves	41 min
May 30, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Calloway, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg	40 min
May 30, 8:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	McCracken	51 min
May 30, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Massac, Pope	47 min
May 30, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Pope, Saline	23 min
May 30, 8:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jackson, Perry	28 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.