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River Flood Warning 31, NWS Paducah, KY

March 11, 2018Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Mar 11, 2018, 9:38 AM CDT for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It took effect at Mar 12, 2018, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 11, 2018, 9:38 AM CDT (14:38 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 12, 2018, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 16, 2018, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
4 days
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 14:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Green River (KY) at Paradise (PRDK2). The gauge peaked at 17.54 ft at Mar 10, 2018, 8:00 AM CST.

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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 Mar 11, 6:22 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 6:22 AM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 11, 4:32 AM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Paducah KY
432 AM CDT Sun Mar 11 2018

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432 AM CDT Sun Mar 11 2018

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southern
Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky, and southeast
Missouri.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for western Kentucky, far
southern Illinois, and the Mississippi River counties of southeast
Missouri. Rain will change to a burst of heavy wet snow late today
or this evening. A quick 1 to 3 inches of snow is expected.
Isolated higher amounts are possible in small bands of heavy snow.
Please refer to the advisory product for more details.

Flood Warnings continue for many area rivers. Rivers and lakes
have either reached their flood crest or the flood crest is
currently occurring. Please refer to flood statements for details.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

There is a slight chance for thunderstorms in southeast
Missouri, southwest Illinois and far west Kentucky late Friday
night, and mainly across portions of southeast Missouri and west
Kentucky on Saturday.  Severe storms are not expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time. However,
spotters are encouraged to report snow accumulations or impacts to
roads.

York

The office that day

Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 11, 4:16 AM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryPAHBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more24 hr
Mar 11, 1:09 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningPAHCalloway, Graves, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken, Marshall and 1 more24 hr
Mar 11, 1:37 PM CDTWinter Storm WarningPAHBallard, Caldwell, Carlisle, Crittenden, Daviess, Graves and 11 more13 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2018Every 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.