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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Paducah, KY

January 13, 2013Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Jan 13, 2013, 9:28 PM CST for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It took effect at Jan 14, 2013, 9:34 AM CST. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 13, 2013, 9:28 PM CST (03:28 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 14, 2013, 9:34 AM CST
Expired: Jan 21, 2013, 8:00 PM CST
In force: 7 days
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Flood severity: Minor

County Muhlenberg County, KY

The river

Written for the forecast point Green River (KY) at Paradise (PRDK2). The gauge peaked at 22.34 ft at Jan 17, 2013, 3:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 378 ft
Minor stage: 380 ft
Moderate stage: 386 ft
Major stage: 400 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03316500, 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, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 5:59 PM CST, 3 hours 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 13, 3:47 PM CST, 5 hours 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 13, 3:38 PM CST, 5 hours 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 13, 7:58 PM CST, 1 hour 30 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, 8:21 PM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Christian, Trigg	6 hr
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.