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River Flood Warning 80, NWS Paducah, KY

July 6, 2013Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Jul 6, 2013, 9:05 AM CDT for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It took effect at Jul 7, 2013, 8:25 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 6, 2013, 9:05 AM CDT (14:05 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 7, 2013, 8:25 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 11, 2013, 7:29 PM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Flood severity: Minor

County Muhlenberg County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Green River (KY) at Paradise (PRDK2). The gauge peaked at 21.22 ft at Jul 9, 2013, 10:00 PM CDT.

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 Jul 6, 7:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 7:15 AM 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
Jul 5, 9:47 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Todd	3 hr
Jul 5, 11:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	PAH	Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd, Trigg	8 hr
Jul 6, 4:24 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Webster	3 hr
Jul 6, 1:28 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Daviess, Henderson	44 hr
Jul 6, 1:28 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Henderson, Union	72 hr
Jul 6, 1:28 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Union	21 hr
Jul 6, 1:28 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Crittenden, Union	4 days
Jul 6, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Carlisle, Hickman	47 min
Jul 6, 5:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Hickman	3 hr
Jul 6, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Graves, Hickman	37 min
Jul 6, 5:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Graves	3 hr
Jul 6, 6:12 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Marshall	3 hr
Jul 6, 6:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Ballard, McCracken	3 hr
Jul 6, 6:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Marshall	3 hr
Jul 6, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Carter	27 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 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.