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River Flood Warning 70, NWS Paducah, KY

September 13, 20184 counties in Kentucky; Alexander County, Pulaski County, Illinois; Mississippi County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Sep 13, 2018, 10:10 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kentucky; Alexander County, Pulaski County, Illinois; Mississippi County, Missouri. It took effect at Sep 15, 2018, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 13, 2018, 10:10 AM CDT (15:10 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 15, 2018, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Sep 18, 2018, 11:05 AM CDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Alexander County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Mississippi County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ohio River at Cairo (CIRI2).

Action stage: 32 ft
Minor stage: 40 ft
Moderate stage: 47 ft
Major stage: 53 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Sep 13, 6:34 AM CDT, 3 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 6:34 AM CDT, 3 hours 36 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
Sep 13, 10:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Daviess, Henderson	3 days
Sep 12, 8:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Jackson	53 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2018 River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2018 River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 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.