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River Flood Warning 68, NWS Paducah, KY

July 1, 2015McCracken County, Kentucky; Massac County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Jul 1, 2015, 12:50 PM CDT for McCracken County, Kentucky; Massac County, Illinois. It took effect at Jul 2, 2015, 11:45 AM CDT. It was in force for 24 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 2015, 12:50 PM CDT (17:50 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 2, 2015, 11:45 AM CDT
Expired
Jul 26, 2015, 1:12 AM CDT
In force
24 days
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Massac County, IL, McCracken County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 9 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 1, 12:20 PM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 12:20 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 3:32 AM CDT, 9 hours 18 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
332 AM CDT WED JUL 1 2015

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-021000-
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-
332 AM CDT WED JUL 1 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STORM CHANCES WILL INCREASE WITH TIME...RESULTING IN HEAVY RAINS
BY TONIGHT AS A FLASH FLOOD WATCH BEGINS FOR THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF
THE HEARTLAND. REFER TO THE WATCH FOR MORE DETAILS.

ISOLATED STORMS DURING THIS TIME FRAME MAY ALSO POSE A SLIGHT RISK
OF SEVERE WEATHER...WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE MOST PROBABLE HAZARD.

FLOODING CONTINUES ON AREA RIVERS. REFER TO THE WARNINGS AND
STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES THROUGH THURSDAY FOR THE SOUTHWEST
HALF OF THE QUAD STATE REGION. RAIN TOTALS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES
WILL BE COMMONPLACE ACROSS THE ENTIRE HEARTLAND...WITH UPWARDS OF
3 TO 5 INCHES LOCALLY POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. REFER TO THE
WATCH FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

FLOODING CONTINUES ON AREA RIVERS. REFER TO THE WARNINGS AND
STATEMENTS FOR DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD MAINTAIN A BASIC WEATHER WATCH IN CASE THEIR
SEVERE WEATHER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED. OTHERWISE...RAINFALL AND
FLOODING REPORTS ARE ENCOURAGED AND APPRECIATED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 12:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchPAHBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 11 more30 hr

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.