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River Flood Warning 70, NWS Paducah, KY

July 3, 2015Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Jul 3, 2015, 10:06 PM CDT for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It took effect at Jul 4, 2015, 6:08 PM CDT. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 3, 2015, 10:06 PM CDT (03:06 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 4, 2015, 6:08 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 6, 2015, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 39 hr
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Muhlenberg County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Green River (KY) at Paradise (PRDK2). The gauge peaked at 17.39 ft at Jul 5, 2015, 3:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 378 ft
Minor stage: 380 ft
Moderate stage: 386 ft
Major stage: 400 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03316500, 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, 6:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 6:43 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 3:33 AM CDT, 18 hours 33 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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 3, 6:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 9 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
Jul 3, 7:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Daviess	3 hr
Jul 3, 8:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Butler	34 min

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.