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River Flood Warning 23, NWS Paducah, KY

February 22, 2018Wayne County, White County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 22, 2018, 8:45 PM CST for Wayne County, White County, Illinois. It took effect at Feb 24, 2018, 8:48 PM CST. It was in force for 60 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 22, 2018, 8:45 PM CST (02:45 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 24, 2018, 8:48 PM CST
Expired: Feb 27, 2018, 8:51 AM CST
In force: 60 hr
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Wayne County, IL, White County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Skillet Fork River at Wayne City (WYNI2). The gauge peaked at 18.31 ft at Feb 26, 2018, 6:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03380500, 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 Feb 22, 6:20 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 6:20 PM CST, 2 hours 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
Feb 23, 12:25 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, McCracken and 1 more	3 hr
Feb 23, 1:18 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, Webster	3 hr
Feb 23, 2:04 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Daviess, Henderson, McLean, Muhlenberg	3 hr
Feb 23, 3:37 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman and 2 more	15 hr
Feb 23, 4:00 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, Livingston and 5 more	3 hr
Feb 23, 6:50 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Calloway, Christian, Graves, Muhlenberg, Todd, Trigg	21 hr
Feb 23, 7:00 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, Livingston and 4 more	21 hr
Feb 23, 9:00 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Christian, Trigg	52 hr
Feb 23, 10:07 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Christian, Trigg	46 hr
Feb 22, 10:38 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Butler	6 hr
Feb 23, 3:26 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Butler, Mississippi, New Madrid, Ripley, Scott, Stoddard	24 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2018 Every river flood warning in 2018

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.