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River Flood Warning 27, NWS Paducah, KY

March 10, 2016Christian County, Trigg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Mar 10, 2016, 3:12 PM CST for Christian County, Trigg County, Kentucky. It took effect at Mar 10, 2016, 4:23 PM CST. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 10, 2016, 3:12 PM CST (21:12 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 10, 2016, 4:23 PM CST
Expired: Mar 11, 2016, 2:59 AM CST
In force: 11 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 21:16 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 - 68/80 (HLHK2). The gauge peaked at 15.54 ft at Mar 10, 2016, 6:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03437480, 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, 2:39 PM CST, 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 2:39 PM CST, 33 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, 1:27 PM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Christian, Trigg	12 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

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.