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River Flood Warning 34, NWS Paducah, KY

May 12, 2016Wayne County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at May 12, 2016, 6:42 PM CDT for Wayne County, Missouri. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 12, 2016, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2016, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 48 hr
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Wayne County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point St. Francis River at Patterson (PAZM7).

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07037500, 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 May 12, 3:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 3:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 3:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 12, 1:58 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 12, 3:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 12, 3:29 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 12, 3:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 12, 4:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 12 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
May 11, 9:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Caldwell	34 min
May 12, 9:19 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, McCracken	3 hr
May 12, 9:53 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins and 7 more	6 hr
May 12, 11:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Calloway, Graves, Marshall	47 min
May 12, 12:12 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Caldwell, Calloway, Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall and 1 more	2 hr
May 12, 12:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Christian, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg and 3 more	3 hr
May 12, 1:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Todd	47 min
May 11, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin, White	27 min
May 11, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Williamson	24 min
May 11, 7:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton, Saline, Williamson	3 hr
May 11, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Union	42 min
May 11, 7:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Franklin, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Saline, Williamson	61 min
May 11, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Williamson	29 min
May 11, 7:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Saline	37 min
May 11, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Johnson, Union, Williamson	39 min
May 11, 8:20 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Hardin, Johnson, Pope	3 hr
May 11, 8:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Johnson	28 min
May 11, 9:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Williamson	29 min
May 11, 9:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Saline	31 min
May 11, 9:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Perry	38 min
May 11, 9:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Perry	53 min
May 11, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Perry	29 min
May 11, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson, Perry	31 min
May 11, 10:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Hamilton	44 min
May 11, 10:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	White	27 min
May 11, 10:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Perry	3 hr
May 11, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin, Jackson, Perry, Williamson	31 min
May 11, 11:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Jackson	3 hr
May 11, 11:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	White	3 hr
May 11, 11:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	White	24 min
May 12, 9:10 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Alexander, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Massac and 4 more	3 hr
May 12, 12:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Alexander, Jackson, Union	5 days
May 12, 12:27 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Jackson	8 days
May 12, 12:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Cape Girardeau	38 min
May 12, 1:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Wayne	39 min

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.