Alert archive / Kentucky / River Flood Warnings in 2018
River Flood Warning 31, NWS Paducah, KY
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.
- 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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</html>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 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-120945- Jefferson-Wayne IL-Edwards-Wabash-Perry IL-Franklin-Hamilton- White-Jackson-Williamson-Saline-Gallatin-Union-Johnson-Pope- Hardin-Alexander-Pulaski-Massac-Gibson-Pike-Posey-Vanderburgh- Warrick-Spencer-Fulton-Hickman-Carlisle-Ballard-McCracken-Graves- Livingston-Marshall-Calloway-Crittenden-Lyon-Trigg-Caldwell- Union KY-Webster-Hopkins-Christian-Henderson-Daviess-McLean- Muhlenberg-Todd-Perry MO-Bollinger-Cape Girardeau-Wayne MO-Carter- Ripley-Butler-Stoddard-Scott-Mississippi-New Madrid- 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 4:16 AM CDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Livingston, Lyon, McCracken, Marshall and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 11, 1:37 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Carlisle, Crittenden, Daviess, Graves and 11 more | 13 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.