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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Paducah, KY

February 7, 2014McLean County, Webster County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 7, 2014, 9:09 AM CST for McLean County, Webster County, Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 8, 2014, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 67 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 7, 2014, 9:09 AM CST (15:09 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 8, 2014, 3:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 11, 2014, 9:36 AM CST
In force
67 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties McLean County, KY, Webster County, KY

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:10 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 Green River (KY) at Calhoun Lock and Dam (CALK2). The gauge peaked at 23.99 ft at Feb 10, 2014, 5:00 AM CST.

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Action stage
18 ft
Minor stage
23 ft
Moderate stage
26 ft
Major stage
32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03320000, 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 Feb 7, 5:28 AM CST, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 5:28 AM CST, 3 hours 41 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 7, 4:43 AM CST, 4 hours 26 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 7, 3:59 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryPAHBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 14 more26 hr
Feb 7, 10:29 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson4 days

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.