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River Flood Warning 37, NWS Paducah, KY

July 3, 2016Wayne County, White County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Jul 3, 2016, 9:06 AM CDT for Wayne County, White County, Illinois. It took effect at Jul 4, 2016, 12:35 AM CDT. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 3, 2016, 9:06 AM CDT (14:06 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 4, 2016, 12:35 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 4, 2016, 10:45 PM CDT
In force: 22 hr
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Wayne County, IL, White County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:06 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 Skillet Fork River at Wayne City (WYNI2). The gauge peaked at 8.60 ft at Jul 4, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03380500, 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 Jul 3, 6:47 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 6:47 AM CDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 4:53 AM CDT, 4 hours 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
453 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-041000-
JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON-
WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION-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-
453 AM CDT SUN JUL 3 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS
THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD
TONIGHT. A FEW SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND A TORNADO OR
TWO WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 64...WHERE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. PLEASE
REFER TO THE WATCH PRODUCT FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
ACROSS THE REGION AGAIN MONDAY...MAINLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. A FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH DAMAGING
WINDS THE PRIMARY CONCERN. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER ALL OR PART OF THE OUTLOOK AREA
FROM TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

AFTERNOON HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL TOP OUT BETWEEN 100 AND 105
DEGREES OVER PORTIONS OF THE REGION FROM TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUESTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND
AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

DRS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 4:16 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	PAH	Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more	35 hr
Jul 3, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Livingston	49 min
Jul 3, 3:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins, Webster	33 min
Jul 3, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Fulton	38 min
Jul 3, 5:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, McCracken	52 min
Jul 3, 5:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Graves	37 min
Jul 3, 6:50 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Calloway	25 min
Jul 3, 3:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash, White	33 min
Jul 3, 3:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	White	30 min
Jul 3, 4:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Johnson	27 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 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.