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River Flood Warning 89, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Dec 24, 2015, 9:47 AM CST for Gallatin County, Wabash County, White County, Illinois. It took effect at Dec 29, 2015, 8:34 AM CST. It was in force for 16 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 24, 2015, 9:47 AM CST (15:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 29, 2015, 8:34 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 14, 2016, 5:10 AM CST
- In force
- 16 days
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Gallatin County, IL, Wabash County, IL, White County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Wabash River at New Harmony (NHRI3). The gauge peaked at 20.72 ft at Jan 7, 2016, 8:00 AM CST.
- Action stage
- 10 ft
- Minor stage
- 15 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 03378500, 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 23, 5:57 PM CST, 15 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 5:57 PM CST, 15 hours 50 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 23, 3:07 PM CST, 18 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 307 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-241100- 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- 307 PM CST WED DEC 23 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE AS A LINE...NOW EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WIND ARE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS WITH TORNADO WATCHES STILL IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. REFER TO THE WATCHES FOR DETAILS. IN ADDITION TO SEVERE WEATHER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL FLOOD LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. GUSTY NON THUNDERSTORM WINDS WILL ALSO BE A PREVAILING HAZARD. MINOR FLOODING IS CURRENTLY FORECAST TO CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. PLEASE REFER TO FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS AS THEY ARE ISSUED FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST OFF AND ON FROM FRIDAY THROUGH NEXT MONDAY. THE PRIMARY WEATHER HAZARD DURING THIS TIME PERIOD WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN, CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALIZED FLOODING OF POORLY DRAINED AND LOW-LYING AREAS. SOME STORMS MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS NEXT MONDAY. MINOR FLOODING IS CURRENTLY FORECAST TO CONTINUE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. PLEASE REFER TO FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS AS THEY ARE ISSUED FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... CONTINUED SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS APPRECIATED FOR THE ONGOING SEVERE WEATHER AND EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 24, 10:09 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 14 days |
| Dec 24, 10:09 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | McLean, Webster | 14 days |
| Dec 24, 10:22 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Wayne, White | 24 days |
| Dec 24, 10:26 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Wayne, White | 8 days |
| Dec 24, 12:23 PM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Alexander | 23 days |
| Dec 23, 10:04 PM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Wayne | 20 hr |
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.