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River Flood Warning 30, NWS Paducah, KY

March 15, 2016Gallatin County, Wabash County, White County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Mar 15, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT for Gallatin County, Wabash County, White County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 18, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 15, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT (17:00 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 18, 2016, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 22, 2016, 9:35 PM CDT
In force
4 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 17:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Wabash River at New Harmony (NHRI3). The gauge peaked at 15.26 ft at Mar 21, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT.

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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.

Nearby

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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.