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River Flood Warning 38, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at May 6, 2017, 11:50 AM CDT for Henderson County, Union County, Kentucky. It took effect at May 7, 2017, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 51 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 2017, 11:50 AM CDT (16:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 7, 2017, 10:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 10, 2017, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Henderson County, KY, Union County, KY
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Ohio River at Mount Vernon (MTVI3).
- Action stage
- 28 ft
- Minor stage
- 35 ft
- Moderate stage
- 45 ft
- Major stage
- 52 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 6, 6:25 AM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 6, 6:25 AM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 3:17 AM CDT | Lake Wind Advisory | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 9 more | 15 hr |
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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.