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River Flood Warning 45, NWS Paducah, KY

July 6, 2014Alexander County, Illinois; Scott County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Jul 6, 2014, 9:59 AM CDT for Alexander County, Illinois; Scott County, Missouri. It took effect at Jul 11, 2014, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 2014, 9:59 AM CDT (14:59 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 11, 2014, 5:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jul 18, 2014, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
7 days
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Alexander County, IL, Scott County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Thebes (THBI2). The gauge peaked at 33.66 ft at Jul 13, 2014, 6:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
30 ft
Minor stage
33 ft
Moderate stage
37 ft
Major stage
42 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07022000, 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, 6:28 AM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 6:28 AM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
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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.