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River Flood Warning 57, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Apr 9, 2018, 10:13 AM CDT for Livingston County, Kentucky; Pope County, Illinois. It took effect at Apr 9, 2018, 10:27 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 2018, 10:13 AM CDT (15:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2018, 10:27 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2018, 9:35 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 days
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Pope County, IL, Livingston County, KY
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Ohio River at Smithland Lock and Dam (SMLI2). The gauge peaked at 40.82 ft at Apr 12, 2018, 11:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 35 ft
- Minor stage
- 40 ft
- Moderate stage
- 48 ft
- Major stage
- 50 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03399800, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2018River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 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.