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River Flood Warning 46, NWS Paducah, KY

September 1, 2017Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Sep 1, 2017, 4:34 PM CDT for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It took effect at Sep 2, 2017, 9:18 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 1, 2017, 4:34 PM CDT (21:34 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 2, 2017, 9:18 PM CDT
Expired: Sep 5, 2017, 11:59 PM CDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Muhlenberg County, KY

The river

Written for the forecast point Green River (KY) at Paradise (PRDK2). The gauge peaked at 19.54 ft at Sep 4, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 378 ft
Minor stage: 380 ft
Moderate stage: 386 ft
Major stage: 400 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03316500, 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 Sep 1, 2:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 2:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 1, 2:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 1, 11:08 AM CDT, 5 hours 26 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
Sep 1, 1:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Muhlenberg, Todd	6 hr
Sep 1, 1:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Christian, Daviess, Hopkins, McLean	6 hr
Sep 1, 7:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Christian, Daviess, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg	4 hr
Sep 1, 7:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Todd	6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2017 Every 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.