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River Flood Warning 14, NWS Paducah, KY

April 6, 2017Alexander County, Illinois; Scott County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Apr 6, 2017, 12:07 PM CDT for Alexander County, Illinois; Scott County, Missouri. It took effect at Apr 9, 2017, 3:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 6, 2017, 12:07 PM CDT (17:07 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 9, 2017, 3:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 14, 2017, 11:29 AM CDT
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Alexander County, IL, Scott County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:11 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 Mississippi River at Thebes (THBI2).

Action stage
30 ft
Minor stage
33 ft
Moderate stage
37 ft
Major stage
42 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07022000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 6, 3:39 AM CDTWind AdvisoryPAHCaldwell, Calloway, Christian, Crittenden, Daviess, Henderson and 10 more14 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2017River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2017Every river flood warning in 2017

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.