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River Flood Warning 61, NWS Paducah, KY

June 11, 2018Gallatin County, Wabash County, White County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Jun 11, 2018, 11:34 AM CDT for Gallatin County, Wabash County, White County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 14, 2018, 8:30 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 11, 2018, 11:34 AM CDT (16:34 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 14, 2018, 8:30 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 18, 2018, 9:28 AM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Gallatin County, IL, Wabash County, IL, White County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Wabash River at New Harmony (NHRI3). The gauge peaked at 14.86 ft at Jun 17, 2018, 12:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03378500, 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 Jun 11, 6:15 AM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 6:15 AM CDT, 5 hours 19 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
Jun 10, 7:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Henderson	23 min
Jun 10, 8:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Daviess	47 min
Jun 11, 1:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Webster	25 min
Jun 10, 8:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Jefferson	29 min
Jun 10, 9:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Edwards	117 min
Jun 10, 10:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash	3 hr
Jun 11, 5:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Edwards	36 min
Jun 11, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Edwards	32 min
Jun 11, 6:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Edwards, Wayne	3 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.