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River Flood Warning 26, NWS Paducah, KY

March 10, 2016Christian County, Trigg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Mar 10, 2016, 1:27 PM CST for Christian County, Trigg County, Kentucky. It took effect at Mar 10, 2016, 3:26 PM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 10, 2016, 1:27 PM CST (19:27 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 10, 2016, 3:26 PM CST
Expired: Mar 11, 2016, 1:00 AM CST
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Christian County, KY, Trigg County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point South Fork Little River at Hopkinsville - Bypass (HLBK2).

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03437495, 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 Mar 10, 12:10 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 12:10 PM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 10, 4:00 AM CST, 9 hours 27 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
400 AM CST THU MAR 10 2016

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-111100-
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-
400 AM CST THU MAR 10 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

RAIN WILL AGAIN INCREASE IN ITENSITY OVER WEST KENTUCKY...THE
DELTA REGION OF SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...EXTREME SOUTHERN AND
SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS...AND PART OF SOUTHWEST INDIANA THROUGH EARLY
THIS EVENING. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE
RAIN.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PART OF THE OUTLOOK
AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THIS PRODUCT FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER ALL OR PART OF THE OUTLOOK AREA
THROUGH MONDAY....THEN AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY HEAVY RAINFALL AND RESULTANT FLOODING
PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY FROM RAIN OVERNIGHT THROUGHOUT TODAY.

SMITH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 10, 8:03 AM CST, 5 hours 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 10, 8:53 AM CST, 4 hours 34 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 9, 6:07 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Marshall	12 hr
Mar 9, 6:23 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, Livingston, McCracken	12 hr
Mar 9, 7:35 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Calloway	10 hr
Mar 9, 9:22 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Caldwell, Lyon	3 hr
Mar 10, 6:03 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Calloway	6 hr
Mar 10, 1:35 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves and 6 more	6 hr
Mar 10, 2:40 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Todd and 1 more	6 hr
Mar 10, 3:12 PM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Christian, Trigg	12 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 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.