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River Flood Warning 87, NWS Paducah, KY

December 2, 2018Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Dec 2, 2018, 8:24 PM CST for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It took effect at Dec 3, 2018, 10:30 PM CST. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 2, 2018, 8:24 PM CST (02:24 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 3, 2018, 10:30 PM CST
Expired
Dec 5, 2018, 10:18 PM CST
In force
48 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Muhlenberg County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Green River (KY) at Paradise (PRDK2). The gauge peaked at 17.60 ft at Dec 4, 2018, 10:00 PM CST.

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Action stage
378 ft
Minor stage
380 ft
Moderate stage
386 ft
Major stage
400 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03316500, 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 Dec 2, 6:22 PM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 6:22 PM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 3, 11:32 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman8 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 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.