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River Flood Warning 47, NWS Paducah, KY

April 19, 2015Livingston County, Kentucky; Pope County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Apr 19, 2015, 11:24 AM CDT for Livingston County, Kentucky; Pope County, Illinois. It took effect at Apr 20, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 19, 2015, 11:24 AM CDT (16:24 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 20, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 24, 2015, 10:06 PM CDT
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Pope County, IL, Livingston County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:26 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 Ohio River at Smithland Lock and Dam (SMLI2). The gauge peaked at 40.82 ft at Apr 22, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 35 ft
Minor stage: 40 ft
Moderate stage: 48 ft
Major stage: 50 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03399800, 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 19, 2:09 AM CDT, 9 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 19, 2:09 AM CDT, 9 hours 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 19, 3:46 AM CDT, 7 hours 38 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
346 AM CDT SUN APR 19 2015

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-201000-
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-
346 AM CDT SUN APR 19 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT INCLUDE A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE
STORMS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT SHOULD
ONE OCCUR. THE PRIMARY HAZARD WITH MOST STORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING
AND HEAVY RAIN.

MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING CONTINUES ALONG MANY AREA RIVERS.
PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR
DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS ALL OR PART OF THE
AREA WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THEN AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT AND
SATURDAY. NEITHER PERIOD PRESENTS AN APPRECIABLE RISK FOR SEVERE
WEATHER AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR POTENTIAL ACTIVATION LATER TODAY
OR TONIGHT.

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2015 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.