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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Paducah, KY

March 11, 2015Gallatin County, Wayne County, White County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Mar 11, 2015, 9:48 AM CDT for Gallatin County, Wayne County, White County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 13, 2015, 4:06 PM CDT. It was in force for 19 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 11, 2015, 9:48 AM CDT (14:48 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 13, 2015, 4:06 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 1, 2015, 7:59 PM CDT
In force: 19 days
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Gallatin County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:54 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 Little Wabash River at Carmi (CARI2). The gauge peaked at 33.35 ft at Mar 19, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 24 ft
Minor stage: 27 ft
Moderate stage: 32 ft
Major stage: 35 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03381495, 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 Mar 11, 6:29 AM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 6:29 AM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 11, 3:19 AM CDT, 6 hours 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
319 AM CDT WED MAR 11 2015

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-120830-
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-
319 AM CDT WED MAR 11 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING OF AREA RIVERS IS ONGOING...OR FORECAST
TO OCCUR LATER THIS WEEK. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD
STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE FORECAST TO CROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA IS
EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN OVER MUCH OF THE
REGION THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THE IMPACT OF THIS
SYSTEM MAY BE SOMEWHAT MORE SIGNIFICANT...AND SOME MINOR FLOODING
ISSUES MAY RESULT IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS GIVEN THE
SATURATED GROUND FROM RECENT SNOW MELT AND HEAVY RAINS.

MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING OF AREA RIVERS IS ONGOING...OR FORECAST
TO OCCUR LATER THIS WEEK. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD
STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING
WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

JP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 10, 8:14 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	PAH	Daviess, Henderson, Union	13 hr
Mar 11, 9:14 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean and 3 more	3 hr
Mar 11, 3:09 PM CDT	Flood Watch	PAH	Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more	60 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2015 Every 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.