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River Flood Warning 104, NWS Paducah, KY

December 26, 2015Crittenden County, Union County, Kentucky; Gallatin County, Hardin County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Dec 26, 2015, 9:47 AM CST for Crittenden County, Union County, Kentucky; Gallatin County, Hardin County, Illinois. It took effect at Dec 28, 2015, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 14 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 26, 2015, 9:47 AM CST (15:47 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 28, 2015, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 11, 2016, 8:01 AM CST
In force
14 days
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

Counties Gallatin County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Crittenden County, KY, Union County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:47 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 Ohio River at Shawneetown (SHNI2). The gauge peaked at 43.43 ft at Jan 4, 2016, 1:00 AM CST.

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Action stage
30 ft
Minor stage
33 ft
Moderate stage
43 ft
Major stage
53 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03381700, 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, 5:30 PM CST, 16 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 5:30 PM CST, 16 hours 17 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 25, 10:09 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHBallard, McCracken24 days
Dec 26, 9:29 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementPAHFulton46 min
Dec 26, 9:41 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson10 days
Dec 26, 10:10 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementPAHCalloway, Graves, Marshall50 min
Dec 26, 10:48 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton and 7 more3 hr
Dec 26, 11:53 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHFulton22 days
Dec 26, 12:05 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHLivingston, McCracken19 days
Dec 26, 12:05 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHMcCracken21 days
Dec 26, 4:49 AM CSTSpecial Weather StatementPAHButler41 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2015River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2015Every river flood warning in 2015

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.