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River Flood Warning 85, NWS Paducah, KY

December 15, 2015Alexander County, Jackson County, Union County, Illinois; Cape Girardeau County, Perry County, Scott County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Dec 15, 2015, 11:06 AM CST for Alexander County, Jackson County, Union County, Illinois; Cape Girardeau County, Perry County, Scott County, Missouri. It took effect at Dec 18, 2015, 3:59 AM CST. It was in force for 30 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 15, 2015, 11:06 AM CST (17:06 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 18, 2015, 3:59 AM CST
Expired
Jan 16, 2016, 9:26 PM CST
In force
30 days
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Alexander County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Union County, IL, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Perry County, MO, Scott County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:06 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 Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau (CPGM7).

Action stage
29 ft
Minor stage
32 ft
Moderate stage
37 ft
Major stage
42 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07020850, 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 Dec 14, 5:48 PM CST, 17 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 14, 5:48 PM CST, 17 hours 18 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 15, 11:06 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHAlexander9 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2015River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 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.