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River Flood Warning 24, NWS Paducah, KY

February 28, 2016Jackson County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 28, 2016, 9:58 AM CST for Jackson County, Illinois. It took effect at Feb 29, 2016, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 28, 2016, 9:58 AM CST (15:58 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 29, 2016, 3:00 AM CST
Expired: Mar 1, 2016, 12:00 AM CST
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Jackson County, IL

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:56 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 Big Muddy River at Murphysboro (MURI2). The gauge peaked at 21.65 ft at Feb 29, 2016, 5:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 28 ft
Major stage: 36 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05599490, 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 Feb 28, 5:17 AM CST, 4 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 5:17 AM CST, 4 hours 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 3:38 AM CST, 6 hours 20 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
338 AM CST SUN FEB 28 2016

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-291100-
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-
338 AM CST SUN FEB 28 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

IT WILL BE WINDY TODAY. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. WINDS WILL NOT BE QUITE AS
HIGH ACROSS THE OZARK FOOTHILL REGION. THERE IS AN ELEVATED FIRE
DANGER FROM THE LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES AREA EAST TO GREENVILLE AND
HOPKINSVILLE IN WEST KENTUCKY...DUE TO LOW AFTERNOON RELATIVE
HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
TUESDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS WILL
BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 28, 1:46 PM CST	Wind Advisory	PAH	Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2016 Every river flood warning in 2016

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.