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River Flood Warning 28, NWS Paducah, KY

March 11, 2016Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Mar 11, 2016, 9:05 AM CST for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It took effect at Mar 12, 2016, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 11, 2016, 9:05 AM CST (15:05 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 12, 2016, 3:00 AM CST
Expired
Mar 13, 2016, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
29 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Muhlenberg County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Green River (KY) at Paradise (PRDK2).

Action stage
378 ft
Minor stage
380 ft
Moderate stage
386 ft
Major stage
400 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03316500, 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 11, 5:15 AM CST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 5:15 AM CST, 3 hours 50 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.