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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Paducah, KY

March 13, 2015Jackson County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Mar 13, 2015, 10:47 AM CDT for Jackson County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 14, 2015, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 2015, 10:47 AM CDT (15:47 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 14, 2015, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 22, 2015, 5:23 PM CDT
In force
8 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 15:51 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). The gauge peaked at 27.00 ft at Mar 18, 2015, 9:00 AM CDT.

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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 Mar 12, 5:06 PM CDT, 17 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 5:06 PM CDT, 17 hours 41 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 13, 12:25 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHFulton15 days
Mar 13, 1:22 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, Livingston, McCracken15 hr
Mar 13, 10:43 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningPAHAlexander, Franklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry and 3 more18 hr
Mar 13, 10:47 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHFranklin, Williamson6 days
Mar 13, 9:06 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHWayne52 hr
Mar 13, 10:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHButler61 hr
Mar 13, 12:23 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningPAHBollinger, Butler, Carter, Ripley, Stoddard, Wayne18 hr

Nearby

River 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.