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River Flood Warning 41, NWS Paducah, KY

April 9, 2015McLean County, Webster County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Apr 9, 2015, 10:05 PM CDT for McLean County, Webster County, Kentucky. It took effect at Apr 10, 2015, 10:35 AM CDT. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 9, 2015, 10:05 PM CDT (03:05 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 10, 2015, 10:35 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 11, 2015, 11:14 PM CDT
In force: 37 hr
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties McLean County, KY, Webster County, KY

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Green River (KY) at Calhoun Lock and Dam (CALK2). The gauge peaked at 23.40 ft at Apr 10, 2015, 11:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 23 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03320000, 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 Apr 9, 8:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 8:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 7:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
742 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-110045-
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-
742 PM CDT THU APR 9 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS
WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS OUR REGION TONIGHT. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE
ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. A FEW TORNADOES ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THUNDERSTORMS WILL END AFTER MIDNIGHT AS A COLD FRONT
SWEEPS EAST OF OUR AREA.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM FOR AREAS ALONG AND
NORTH OF A LINE FROM PERRYVILLE MISSOURI...THROUGH MARION AND
HARRISBURG ILLINOIS...TO MADISONVILLE KENTUCKY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE POTENTIAL FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS EARLY NEXT WEEK.
AT THIS TIME...HEAVY RAINFALL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE THE PRIMARY
CONCERNS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE REQUESTED TONIGHT.

YORK

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 9, 9:27 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 9, 9:28 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 9, 9:50 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 9, 9:52 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 9, 9:57 PM CDT, 8 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
Apr 9, 11:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Henderson, Union	43 min
Apr 10, 12:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Hopkins	39 min
Apr 9, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson, Union	49 min
Apr 9, 9:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jefferson, Perry	23 min
Apr 9, 9:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jefferson	43 min
Apr 9, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson, Union, Williamson	37 min
Apr 9, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wayne	47 min
Apr 9, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski	36 min
Apr 9, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton, Saline, Williamson	27 min
Apr 9, 10:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Johnson, Pope, Saline	27 min
Apr 9, 10:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Johnson, Pope	15 min
Apr 9, 10:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash, Wayne	46 min
Apr 9, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler	25 min
Apr 9, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wayne	29 min
Apr 9, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry	24 min
Apr 9, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Cape Girardeau	31 min
Apr 9, 8:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Carter, Ripley	26 min
Apr 9, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wayne	35 min
Apr 9, 9:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau, Perry	29 min
Apr 9, 9:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Scott, Stoddard	43 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 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.