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River Flood Warning 47, NWS Paducah, KY

September 15, 2014Alexander County, Jackson County, Union County, Illinois; Cape Girardeau County, Perry County, Scott County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Sep 15, 2014, 10:50 AM CDT for Alexander County, Jackson County, Union County, Illinois; Cape Girardeau County, Perry County, Scott County, Missouri. It took effect at Sep 16, 2014, 6:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 69 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 15, 2014, 10:50 AM CDT (15:50 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 16, 2014, 6:00 PM CDT
Expired
Sep 19, 2014, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
69 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Alexander County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Union County, IL, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Perry County, MO, Scott County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:51 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 Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau (CPGM7). The gauge peaked at 31.51 ft at Sep 16, 2014, 4:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
29 ft
Minor stage
32 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 07020850, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2014River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2014Every river flood warning in 2014

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.