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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Paducah, KY

March 5, 2014Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Mar 5, 2014, 7:26 AM CST for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It took effect at Mar 5, 2014, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 5, 2014, 7:26 AM CST (13:26 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 5, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Mar 6, 2014, 6:00 PM CST
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
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 13:32 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 16.84 ft at Mar 5, 2014, 6:00 PM 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 Mar 5, 5:47 AM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 5, 5:47 AM CST, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 5, 3:57 AM CST, 3 hours 29 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
357 AM CST WED MAR 5 2014

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-051300-
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...FAIRFIELD...ALBION...
MOUNT CARMEL...PINCKNEYVILLE...WEST FRANKFORT...MCLEANSBORO...
CARMI...CARBONDALE...HERRIN...HARRISBURG...SHAWNEETOWN...
JONESBORO...VIENNA...GOLCONDA...ELIZABETHTOWN...CAIRO...
MOUND CITY...METROPOLIS...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...POSEYVILLE...
EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...HICKMAN...CLINTON...
BARDWELL...WICKLIFFE...PADUCAH...MAYFIELD...SMITHLAND...BENTON...
MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...MORGANFIELD...
DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...OWENSBORO...
CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON...PERRYVILLE...MARBLE HILL...
CAPE GIRARDEAU...PIEDMONT...VAN BUREN...DONIPHAN...POPLAR BLUFF...
BLOOMFIELD...SIKESTON...CHARLESTON...NEW MADRID
357 AM CST WED MAR 5 2014

...AREAS OF FREEZING FOG WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...

AREAS OF FREEZING FOG WERE REPORTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION
EARLY THIS MORNING. AT 3 AM...MOST OF THE FREEZING FOG WAS ALONG
AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM CARBONDALE ILLINOIS TO OWENSBORO
KENTUCKY. VISIBILITY WAS ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS IN SOME
LOCATIONS...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.

THE FREEZING FOG WILL SPREAD NORTH TO THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR
BY SUNRISE. AREAS OF LIGHT GLAZING WILL OCCUR WHERE THE FOG IS
THICKEST. VISIBILITY WILL BE ONE HALF MILE OR LESS IN SOME AREAS.

THE FOG WILL THIN OUT AROUND MID MORNING. UNTIL THEN...USE EXTRA
CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. MANY ROADS
ARE STILL SLICK FROM THE SNOW AND ICE ON MONDAY.

MY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 5, 4:24 AM CST	Freezing Fog Advisory	PAH	Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more	5 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.