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River Flood Warning 89, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Dec 5, 2018, 9:51 AM CST for Crittenden County, Union County, Kentucky; Gallatin County, Hardin County, Illinois. It took effect at Dec 6, 2018, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 53 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 5, 2018, 9:51 AM CST (15:51 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 6, 2018, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Dec 8, 2018, 4:48 AM CST
- In force
- 53 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Gallatin County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Crittenden County, KY, Union County, KY
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Ohio River at Shawneetown (SHNI2). The gauge peaked at 33.62 ft at Dec 7, 2018, 3:00 AM CST.
- Action stage
- 30 ft
- Minor stage
- 33 ft
- Moderate stage
- 43 ft
- Major stage
- 53 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03381700, 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 4, 4:26 PM CST, 17 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 4, 4:26 PM CST, 17 hours 25 minutes before
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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.