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River Flood Warning 47, NWS Paducah, KY

December 22, 2017Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Dec 22, 2017, 9:10 AM CST for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It took effect at Dec 24, 2017, 5:37 PM CST. It was in force for 64 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 22, 2017, 9:10 AM CST (15:10 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 24, 2017, 5:37 PM CST
Expired
Dec 27, 2017, 9:44 AM CST
In force
64 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Muhlenberg County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Green River (KY) at Paradise (PRDK2).

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 Dec 22, 5:48 AM CST, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 22, 5:48 AM CST, 3 hours 22 minutes before
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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.