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River Flood Warning 62, NWS Paducah, KY

June 19, 2015Gallatin County, Wabash County, White County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Jun 19, 2015, 9:47 AM CDT for Gallatin County, Wabash County, White County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 21, 2015, 10:21 AM CDT. It was in force for 39 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 2015, 9:47 AM CDT (14:47 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 21, 2015, 10:21 AM CDT
Expired
Jul 30, 2015, 1:02 PM CDT
In force
39 days
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Gallatin County, IL, Wabash County, IL, White County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:50 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 Wabash River at New Harmony (NHRI3). The gauge peaked at 18.88 ft at Jun 30, 2015, 9:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
10 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03378500, 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 19, 3:40 AM CDT, 6 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 3:40 AM CDT, 6 hours 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 4:35 AM CDT, 5 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
435 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2015

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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-
435 AM CDT FRI JUN 19 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE REMNANTS OF BILL WILL BRING HEAVY RAIN TO MUCH OF THE QUAD
STATE REGION THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY. THIS RAIN MAY LEAD TO FLASH
FLOODING. PLEASE REFER TO THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR DETAILS.

A MARGINAL CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS OUTLOOKED BY THE
STORM PREDICTION CENTER THROUGH TONIGHT. A FEW STORMS MAY REACH
SEVERE LIMITS...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARD. THERE IS
AN EXTREMELY LOW PROBABILITY FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO IN THE
IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER AS IT PASSES THROUGH
THE OUTLOOK AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

HEAVY RAIN THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING WILL AGGRAVATE ONGOING RIVER
FLOODING...AND MAY LEAD TO FLOODING OF ADDITIONAL WATERWAYS AND
THEIR TRIBUTARIES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. PLEASE REFER TO THE
LATEST RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR MORE INFORMATION.

A SMALL CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS LINGERS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...AND THE PENNYRILE REGION OF WESTERN
KENTUCKY SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. A STRAY SEVERE STORM WITH DAMAGING
WIND IS POSSIBLE...BUT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LIGHTNING ARE
THE PRIMARY CONCERNS.

HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH 100 TO 105 DEGREES EACH AFTERNOON
FROM SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION FOR ANY WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS UNLIKELY...
BUT SPOTTER REPORTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH AND
REPORTS OF FLOODING SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY.

RJP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 12:12 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHFulton12 days
Jun 19, 1:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHMarshall47 min
Jun 19, 2:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHBallard, Carlisle, Hickman31 min
Jun 19, 4:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHCalloway19 min
Jun 19, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHChristian, Trigg44 min
Jun 19, 9:28 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHWayne, White5 days
Jun 19, 3:53 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJohnson, Williamson22 min
Jun 19, 4:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHUnion3 hr
Jun 19, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHFranklin, Hamilton, Jefferson20 min
Jun 19, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHFranklin, Jefferson, Perry30 min
Jun 19, 6:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHJackson3 hr
Jun 19, 6:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHPerry3 hr
Jun 19, 2:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHCape Girardeau3 hr

Nearby

River 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.