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River Flood Warning 63, NWS Paducah, KY

May 31, 2013Gallatin County, Wayne County, White County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at May 31, 2013, 8:56 PM CDT for Gallatin County, Wayne County, White County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 2, 2013, 6:12 AM CDT. It was in force for 13 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 2013, 8:56 PM CDT (01:56 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 2, 2013, 6:12 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 15, 2013, 5:13 AM CDT
In force: 13 days
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Gallatin County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little Wabash River at Carmi (CARI2). The gauge peaked at 30.55 ft at Jun 8, 2013, 3:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 24 ft
Minor stage: 27 ft
Moderate stage: 32 ft
Major stage: 35 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03381495, 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, 7:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 7:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 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
Jun 1, 4:56 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Ballard, McCracken	2 hr
Jun 1, 5:29 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Carlisle	2 hr
Jun 1, 6:32 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Marshall	118 min
Jun 1, 6:58 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Ballard, McCracken	107 min
Jun 1, 8:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Ballard, McCracken, Marshall	3 hr
Jun 1, 8:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Calloway	3 hr
Jun 1, 9:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Carlisle	6 hr
Jun 1, 10:20 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Christian, Trigg	3 hr
Jun 1, 1:06 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Ballard, McCracken	24 hr
Jun 1, 1:06 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman	15 days
May 31, 9:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Jackson	15 days
Jun 1, 9:40 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Wabash, White	3 days
Jun 1, 4:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Scott, Stoddard	2 hr
Jun 1, 9:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Wayne	21 hr
Jun 1, 4:45 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Ripley	31 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2013 Every 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.