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River Flood Warning 89, NWS Paducah, KY

December 24, 2015Gallatin County, Wabash County, White County, Illinois

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.

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 Wabash River at New Harmony (NHRI3). The gauge peaked at 20.72 ft at Jan 7, 2016, 8:00 AM CST.

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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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 24, 10:09 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHMuhlenberg14 days
Dec 24, 10:09 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHMcLean, Webster14 days
Dec 24, 10:22 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHGallatin, Wayne, White24 days
Dec 24, 10:26 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHWayne, White8 days
Dec 24, 12:23 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHAlexander23 days
Dec 23, 10:04 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHWayne20 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.