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River Flood Warning 88, NWS Paducah, KY

December 27, 2015

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Dec 27, 2015, 5:50 AM EST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 27, 2015, 5:50 AM EST (10:50 UTC)
Expired: Dec 25, 2015, 10:41 AM EST
In force
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

The river

Written for the forecast point Patoka River at Princeton (PNTI3). The gauge peaked at 11.95 ft at Dec 26, 2015, 10:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03376500, 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 27, 4:39 AM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 4:39 AM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 27, 5:41 AM EST, 9 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 27, 5:03 AM EST, 47 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
Dec 27, 10:53 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Daviess, Hopkins, McLean	52 min
Dec 27, 1:36 PM EST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Henderson, Union	12 days
Dec 27, 1:36 PM EST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Union	13 days
Dec 27, 11:50 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Jackson, Perry	115 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.