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River Flood Warning 46, NWS Paducah, KY

April 15, 2015Livingston County, McCracken County, Kentucky; Massac County, Pope County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Apr 15, 2015, 1:14 PM CDT for Livingston County, McCracken County, Kentucky; Massac County, Pope County, Illinois. It took effect at Apr 17, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 15, 2015, 1:14 PM CDT (18:14 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 17, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 27, 2015, 7:18 AM CDT
In force
10 days
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Livingston County, KY, McCracken County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:17 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 Ohio River at Paducah (PAHK2). The gauge peaked at 40.85 ft at Apr 22, 2015, 4:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
32 ft
Minor stage
39 ft
Moderate stage
43 ft
Major stage
52 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03611000, 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 15, 6:53 AM CDT, 6 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 6:53 AM CDT, 6 hours 21 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 14, 9:34 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson8 days

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.