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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Paducah, KY

February 29, 2016Gallatin County, Wabash County, White County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 29, 2016, 10:40 AM CST for Gallatin County, Wabash County, White County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 2, 2016, 3:00 PM CST. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 29, 2016, 10:40 AM CST (16:40 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 2, 2016, 3:00 PM CST
Expired
Mar 9, 2016, 3:00 AM CST
In force
7 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 16:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Wabash River at New Harmony (NHRI3). The gauge peaked at 14.77 ft at Mar 3, 2016, 10:00 PM 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 Feb 29, 2:56 AM CST, 7 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 29, 2:56 AM CST, 7 hours 44 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.