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River Flood Warning 74, NWS Paducah, KY

June 17, 20134 counties in Kentucky; Alexander County, Pulaski County, Illinois; Mississippi County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Jun 17, 2013, 11:00 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kentucky; Alexander County, Pulaski County, Illinois; Mississippi County, Missouri. It took effect at Jun 17, 2013, 10:15 PM CDT. It was in force for 60 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 17, 2013, 11:00 AM CDT (16:00 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 17, 2013, 10:15 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 20, 2013, 10:35 AM CDT
In force: 60 hr
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Alexander County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Mississippi County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Cairo (CIRI2).

Action stage: 32 ft
Minor stage: 40 ft
Moderate stage: 47 ft
Major stage: 53 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 17, 6:45 AM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 6:45 AM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 8:42 AM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
842 AM CDT MON JUN 17 2013

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-181000-
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-
840 AM CDT MON JUN 17 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE QUAD STATE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
WILL BE THE MAIN HAZARDS. HOWEVER...ISOLATED STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS
MAY CONTAIN DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL.

DETAILS ON AREA RIVER FLOODING CAN BE REFERENCED VIA THE LATEST
FLOOD STATEMENTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS ALSO EXPECTED ON TUESDAY...WITH LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL AND LIGHTNING THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

DETAILS ON AREA RIVER FLOODING CAN BE REFERENCED VIA THE LATEST
FLOOD STATEMENTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION CANNOT BE RULED OUT THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING.

MEFFERT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 2:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle	119 min
Jun 17, 2:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Livingston, McCracken, Marshall	112 min
Jun 17, 3:52 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Daviess, Henderson	113 min
Jun 17, 5:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Daviess, Henderson	111 min
Jun 17, 12:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Alexander	60 min
Jun 17, 1:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Alexander	119 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2013 River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2013 River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 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.