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River Flood Warning 76, NWS Paducah, KY

November 18, 2015Wayne County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Nov 18, 2015, 2:21 AM CST for Wayne County, Missouri. It took effect at Nov 18, 2015, 4:23 AM CST. It was in force for 54 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Nov 18, 2015, 2:21 AM CST (08:21 UTC)
In effect from: Nov 18, 2015, 4:23 AM CST
Expired: Nov 20, 2015, 10:40 AM CST
In force: 54 hr
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Wayne County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point St. Francis River at Patterson (PAZM7). The gauge peaked at 19.61 ft at Nov 18, 2015, 3:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07037500, 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 Nov 17, 11:50 PM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 17, 11:50 PM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 17, 10:16 PM CST, 4 hours 5 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Nov 17, 10:43 PM CST, 3 hours 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Nov 17, 11:38 PM CST, 2 hours 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Nov 18, 12:07 AM CST, 2 hours 14 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1207 AM CST WED NOV 18 2015

ILZ077-078-083-087-091-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ007>022-181200-
EDWARDS-WABASH-WHITE-GALLATIN-HARDIN-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-
VANDERBURGH-WARRICK-SPENCER-LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-
CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL-UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-
HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN-MUHLENBERG-TODD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBION...MOUNT CARMEL...CARMI...
SHAWNEETOWN...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT BRANCH...PETERSBURG...
POSEYVILLE...EVANSVILLE...BOONVILLE...ROCKPORT...SMITHLAND...
BENTON...MURRAY...MARION...EDDYVILLE...CADIZ...PRINCETON...
MORGANFIELD...DIXON...MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...
OWENSBORO...CALHOUN...GREENVILLE...ELKTON
1207 AM CST WED NOV 18 2015

...GUSTY WINDS EARLY THIS MORNING...

ACCOMPANYING THE INCOMING RAIN WILL BE WINDS GUSTING OUT AHEAD OF
THE BROAD AREA OF RAIN. AN OCCASIONAL WIND GUST AS HIGH AS 40 TO
45 MPH IS POSSIBLE. GIVEN THE ALREADY WET GROUND CONDITIONS...THIS
COULD IN FACT CAUSE ISOLATED DAMAGE...AND MAYBE EVEN DOWN A
SMALLER TREE. BE EXTRA CAUTIOUS IF TRAVELING EARLY THIS MORNING.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Nov 17, 6:02 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Butler, Ripley, Wayne	58 min
Nov 17, 7:04 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Bollinger, Butler, Stoddard, Wayne	56 min
Nov 17, 7:46 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Butler, Stoddard, Wayne	3 hr
Nov 17, 8:00 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau, Perry	3 hr
Nov 18, 9:34 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Ripley	42 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 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.