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River Flood Warning 69, NWS Paducah, KY

July 3, 2015Crittenden County, Union County, Kentucky; Gallatin County, Hardin County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Jul 3, 2015, 10:04 AM CDT for Crittenden County, Union County, Kentucky; Gallatin County, Hardin County, Illinois. It took effect at Jul 3, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 3, 2015, 10:04 AM CDT (15:04 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 3, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 10, 2015, 8:12 AM CDT
In force: 7 days
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Gallatin County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Crittenden County, KY, Union County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:06 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 Shawneetown (SHNI2). The gauge peaked at 34.72 ft at Jul 8, 2015, 12:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 30 ft
Minor stage: 33 ft
Moderate stage: 43 ft
Major stage: 53 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03381700, 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 Jul 3, 6:44 AM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 6:44 AM CDT, 3 hours 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 3:33 AM CDT, 6 hours 31 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
333 AM CDT FRI JUL 3 2015

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-041000-
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-
333 AM CDT FRI JUL 3 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH THE GREATEST
CHANCES NEAR THE ARKANSAS AND TENNESSEE BORDERS. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN AND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF SUNDAY NIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
OVER ALL OR PART OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH THE PERIOD. LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING APPEAR TO BE THE PRIMARY
THREATS AT THIS TIME.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

JP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 8:23 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins	3 hr
Jul 3, 2:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Muhlenberg	2 hr
Jul 3, 5:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Christian, Todd	6 hr

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.