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River Flood Warning 56, NWS Paducah, KY

June 18, 2015Franklin County, Williamson County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Jun 18, 2015, 9:38 AM CDT for Franklin County, Williamson County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 20, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 18, 2015, 9:38 AM CDT (14:38 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 20, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 29, 2015, 11:42 PM CDT
In force: 9 days
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Franklin County, IL, Williamson County, IL

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Big Muddy River at Plumfield (PLMI2).

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 27 ft
Major stage: 34 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05597000, 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 18, 3:24 AM CDT, 6 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 3:24 AM CDT, 6 hours 14 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
Jun 18, 4:16 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	PAH	Ballard, Crittenden, Daviess, Henderson, Livingston, McCracken and 3 more	47 hr
Jun 18, 12:03 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Ballard, McCracken	39 days
Jun 18, 12:03 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman	40 days
Jun 18, 11:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Wayne, White	28 days
Jun 18, 11:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Wayne	3 days

Nearby

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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.