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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Paducah, KY

February 23, 2014Gallatin County, Wabash County, White County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 23, 2014, 11:57 AM CST for Gallatin County, Wabash County, White County, Illinois. It took effect at Feb 25, 2014, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 23, 2014, 11:57 AM CST (17:57 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 25, 2014, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Mar 5, 2014, 1:42 PM CST
In force: 9 days
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Gallatin County, IL, Wabash County, IL, White County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Wabash River at New Harmony (NHRI3). The gauge peaked at 16.68 ft at Mar 2, 2014, 11:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03378500, 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 23, 11:40 AM CST, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 11:40 AM CST, 17 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 23, 12:03 PM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Henderson, Union	7 days
Feb 23, 12:03 PM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Union	8 days
Feb 23, 12:03 PM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Crittenden, Union	9 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.