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River Flood Warning 55, NWS Paducah, KY

June 16, 2015Jackson County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Jun 16, 2015, 11:06 AM CDT for Jackson County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 17, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 31 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 16, 2015, 11:06 AM CDT (16:06 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 17, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 18, 2015, 5:29 PM CDT
In force: 31 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 16:09 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 31.21 ft at Jun 23, 2015, 12:00 PM CDT.

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 Jun 16, 5:30 AM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 5:30 AM CDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 3:03 AM CDT, 8 hours 3 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
303 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2015

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-170815-
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-
303 AM CDT TUE JUN 16 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED TODAY THROUGH
TONIGHT. BEST COVERAGE AND HIGHER INTENSITY ACTIVITY WILL BE NORTH
AND WEST OF THE OHIO RIVER. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING AND
GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE REGION WILL HAVE A DAILY CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN...LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY
HAZARDS. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY FOR FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING MID
TO LATE WEEK. PLEASE REFER TO THE HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK FOR DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 16, 6:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	McLean	3 hr
Jun 15, 7:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Bollinger	46 min
Jun 15, 7:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Bollinger, Cape Girardeau	43 min

Nearby

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.