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River Flood Warning 46, NWS Paducah, KY

August 17, 2014Wayne County, White County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Aug 17, 2014, 8:26 PM CDT for Wayne County, White County, Illinois. It took effect at Aug 17, 2014, 11:04 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 17, 2014, 8:26 PM CDT (01:26 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 17, 2014, 11:04 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 18, 2014, 7:45 AM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Wayne County, IL, White County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Skillet Fork River at Wayne City (WYNI2). The gauge peaked at 14.95 ft at Aug 18, 2014, 2:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
17 ft
Major stage
20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03380500, 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 Aug 17, 6:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 6:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 14 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.