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River Flood Warning 85, NWS Paducah, KY

November 20, 20184 counties in Kentucky; Alexander County, Pulaski County, Illinois; Mississippi County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Nov 20, 2018, 10:10 AM CST for 4 counties in Kentucky; Alexander County, Pulaski County, Illinois; Mississippi County, Missouri. It took effect at Nov 22, 2018, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 20, 2018, 10:10 AM CST (16:10 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 22, 2018, 12:00 AM CST
Expired
Nov 23, 2018, 3:23 PM CST
In force
39 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 16:13 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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 20, 10:02 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHHenderson, Union50 hr
Nov 20, 10:02 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHCrittenden, Union3 days

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.