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River Flood Warning 65, NWS Paducah, KY

June 1, 2013Gallatin County, Wabash County, White County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Jun 1, 2013, 9:40 AM CDT for Gallatin County, Wabash County, White County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 4, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2013, 9:40 AM CDT (14:40 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 4, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 4, 2013, 10:26 AM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Gallatin County, IL, Wabash County, IL, White County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Wabash River at New Harmony (NHRI3). The gauge peaked at 14.32 ft at Jun 5, 2013, 12:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
10 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03378500, 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 Jun 1, 3:02 AM CDT, 6 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 3:02 AM CDT, 6 hours 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
302 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 225 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

THE OVERALL SYNOPTIC PATTERN SHOULD BECOME A BIT MORE
PROGRESSIVE TODAY...WITH THE H50 LOW AND ASSOCIATED SFC FRONT
FINALLY MOVING EAST INTO THE FORECAST AREA. THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT MAY ACTUALLY OFFER THE HIGHEST CHANCE OF ORGANIZED SEVERE
CONVECTION...AS MORE IN THE WAY OF LARGE SCALE LIFT WILL INTERACT
WITH THE MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR MASS OVER OUR REGION. THERE IS SOME
UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE AMOUNT OF CLOUD COVER THAT MAY HANG AROUND
FROM MORNING CONVECTION. HOWEVER...THINKING IS THAT THERE WILL
LIKELY BE A PERIOD OR TWO OF SUNSHINE SOMETIME DURING THE DAY.
WITH SFC DEW POINTS RUNNING CLOSE TO 70 DEGREES...IT WILL NOT TAKE
MUCH DIABATIC HEATING TO SIGNIFICANTLY DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE.
LOOKING AT FORECAST WIND PROFILES...IT SEEMS THAT ALL TYPES OF
SEVERE HAZARDS WOULD BE POSSIBLE...INCLUDING ISOLATED TORNADOES.

COLD FRONT SHOULD CLEAR THE REGION BY AROUND SUNRISE ON
SUNDAY...LEAVING MOST OF THE DAY DRIER AND COOLER. SHOULD BE A
QUITE PLEASANT SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES IN.

.LONG TERM...(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY)
ISSUED AT 302 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

THE EXTENDED PERIOD WILL START OFF DRY WITH HIGH PRESSURE SPRAWLED
FROM CANADA SOUTHWARD INTO THE MID MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THE HIGH WILL
GRADUALLY SHIFT EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA...WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR A
SLOW WARMING TREND THROUGH THE WEEK. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S TUESDAY
WILL WARM BACK INTO THE 80S WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...AS LOWS
MODERATE FROM THE 50S INTO THE 60S.

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AT THE START OF THE
WEEK WILL MIGRATE EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS INTO THE UPPER
MIDWEST BY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. INCREASINGLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE
SOUTHERLY FLOW AHEAD OF THIS APPROACHING LOW WILL RESULT IN THE
RETURN OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY. MODELS INDICATE A RATHER DISORGANIZED SURFACE PATTERN DURING
THIS TIME...SO CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL IS LIKELY TO BE QUITE SPORADIC.
WILL KEEP RAIN CHANCES BELOW 50 PERCENT THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH AN
EMPHASIS ON THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.

&&

.AVIATION...
ISSUED AT 302 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

TRANSLATION OF DECAYING MCS THROUGH THE AREA MAY STILL YIELD WIND
GUSTS OF 30 KTS OR SO WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE STORMS AT KPAH AND
KOWB IN THE 08Z-10Z TIME FRAME ALONG WITH BRIEF IFR CONDITIONS.

ONCE THE MAIN LINE MOVES THROUGH A SITE...A 2 TO 4 HOUR PERIOD OF
RAIN/SHOWERS AND POSSIBLY A FEW STRAY LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN BE
EXPECTED. THE AREA SHOULD BE DRYING OUT THROUGH THE LATE MORNING
AND AFTERNOON HOURS...AND GUSTY SOUTH SOUTHWEST WINDS ARE LIKELY
THROUGH THE DAY.

WOULD BE SURPRISED TO SEE CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT NEAR THE TAF
SITES BEFORE THE END OF THIS 00Z PERIOD. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE
THROUGH BEYOND THIS PERIOD...AND THERE MAY BE ANOTHER ROUND OF
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG IT.

&&

.PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IL...NONE.
MO...NONE.
IN...NONE.
KY...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...GM
LONG TERM...RJP
AVIATION...GM/DRS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 5:08 AM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
508 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-021000-
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-
508 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A LARGE COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH WESTERN
KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI THIS MORNING. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT
EXPECTED...BUT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL POSE A FLASH FLOOD
CONCERN.

LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT. IF THEY DO
DEVELOP...SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LIKELY. DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL
BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...BUT LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES WILL ALSO
BE A CONCERN. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO OCCUR.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND FORECAST TO WORSEN ON SOME AREA RIVERS.
PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR
DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THE THREAT OF SEVERE STORMS IS
LOW.

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IS FORECAST ALONG SOME AREA RIVERS. PLEASE
REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR
DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 4:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHBallard, McCracken2 hr
Jun 1, 5:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHCarlisle2 hr
Jun 1, 6:32 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHMarshall118 min
Jun 1, 6:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHBallard, McCracken107 min
Jun 1, 8:40 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningPAHBallard, McCracken, Marshall3 hr
Jun 1, 8:57 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningPAHCalloway3 hr
Jun 1, 9:28 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningPAHCarlisle6 hr
Jun 1, 10:20 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningPAHChristian, Trigg3 hr
Jun 1, 1:06 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHBallard, McCracken24 hr
Jun 1, 1:06 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman15 days
May 31, 8:56 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHGallatin, Wayne, White14 days
May 31, 9:47 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHJackson15 days
Jun 1, 4:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHScott, Stoddard2 hr
Jun 1, 9:58 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHWayne21 hr
Jun 1, 4:45 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHRipley31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.