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River Flood Warning 80, NWS Paducah, KY

November 15, 20184 counties in Kentucky; Alexander County, Pulaski County, Illinois; Mississippi County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Nov 15, 2018, 7:20 AM CST for 4 counties in Kentucky; Alexander County, Pulaski County, Illinois; Mississippi County, Missouri. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 15, 2018, 7:20 AM CST (13:20 UTC)
Expired
Nov 16, 2018, 2:42 PM CST
In force
31 hr
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 13:21 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 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.

Nearby

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