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River Flood Warning 43, NWS Paducah, KY

April 14, 2015Daviess County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Apr 14, 2015, 10:52 AM CDT for Daviess County, Kentucky. It took effect at Apr 15, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 14, 2015, 10:52 AM CDT (15:52 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 15, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 22, 2015, 7:36 AM CDT
In force
7 days
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Daviess County, KY

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ohio River at Owensboro (OWBK2).

Action stage
24 ft
Minor stage
40 ft
Moderate stage
44 ft
Major stage
49 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 14, 6:35 AM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 6:35 AM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 9:51 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHMcLean, Webster13 days
Apr 14, 10:52 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHLivingston, McCracken32 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 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.