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River Flood Warning 42, NWS Paducah, KY

May 28, 2017Butler County, Stoddard County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at May 28, 2017, 10:02 AM CDT for Butler County, Stoddard County, Missouri. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 28, 2017, 10:02 AM CDT (15:02 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2017, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 39 hr
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Butler County, MO, Stoddard County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point St. Francis River at Fisk (FSKM7).

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 26 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 28, 2:48 AM CDT, 7 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 2:48 AM CDT, 7 hours 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 8:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 28, 9:37 AM CDT, 25 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 28, 10:21 AM CDT	Lake Wind Advisory	PAH	Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more	10 hr
May 27, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Carter, Ripley	41 min
May 27, 7:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Carter, Ripley	24 min
May 27, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, Carter, Ripley, Wayne	33 min
May 27, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, Stoddard, Wayne	41 min
May 27, 8:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Butler, Wayne	114 min
May 27, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, New Madrid, Stoddard	34 min
May 27, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ripley	33 min
May 27, 8:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Mississippi, Scott, Stoddard	3 hr
May 27, 9:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Carter, Ripley	113 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.