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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Paducah, KY

January 1, 2016Alexander County, Jackson County, Union County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood watch at Jan 1, 2016, 7:28 PM CST for Alexander County, Jackson County, Union County, Illinois. It was in force for 40 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 1, 2016, 7:28 PM CST (01:28 UTC)
Expired
Jan 3, 2016, 11:01 AM CST
In force
40 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Flood severity
None

Counties Alexander County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Union County, IL

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Jan 1, 5:20 PM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 5:20 PM CST, 2 hours 8 minutes before
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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.