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River Flood Warning 101, NWS Paducah, KY

December 25, 2015Jackson County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Dec 25, 2015, 10:54 AM CST for Jackson County, Illinois. It took effect at Dec 27, 2015, 4:36 PM CST. It was in force for 18 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 25, 2015, 10:54 AM CST (16:54 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 27, 2015, 4:36 PM CST
Expired: Jan 14, 2016, 4:53 PM CST
In force: 18 days
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Jackson County, IL

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:53 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 Big Muddy River at Murphysboro (MURI2).

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 28 ft
Major stage: 36 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05599490, 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 Dec 25, 5:38 AM CST, 5 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 5:38 AM CST, 5 hours 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 25, 4:09 AM CST, 6 hours 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
409 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-261015-
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE-
HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH-
WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES-
LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-
UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-
MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER-
RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID-
409 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY LATE TONIGHT. THE
MAIN HAZARD WITH ANY STORMS WILL BE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
AND PARTS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL IS
LIKELY ACROSS THE WATCH AREA FROM LATE SATURDAY INTO MONDAY. HEAVY
RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION SUNDAY
INTO MONDAY.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM SATURDAY
THROUGH MONDAY. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

RIVER FLOODING MAY BECOME A MORE SIGNIFICANT CONCERN FOLLOWING THE
UPCOMING HEAVY RAIN EVENT. FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ALREADY IN EFFECT
FOR SEVERAL AREA RIVERS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ARE
ENCOURAGED TO RELAY REPORTS OF FLOODING OR OTHER SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER.

MY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 24, 9:55 PM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman	25 days
Dec 25, 2:33 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Calloway	27 min
Dec 25, 3:39 AM CST	Flash Flood Watch	PAH	Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more	4 days
Dec 25, 10:54 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Franklin, Williamson	16 days
Dec 25, 10:15 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Wayne	5 days
Dec 25, 10:33 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Butler	6 days
Dec 25, 10:46 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Carter	4 days
Dec 25, 10:46 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Ripley	6 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.