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River Flood Warning 90, NWS Paducah, KY

December 15, 2018Jackson County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Dec 15, 2018, 3:03 PM CST for Jackson County, Illinois. It took effect at Dec 17, 2018, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 15, 2018, 3:03 PM CST (21:03 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 17, 2018, 6:00 AM CST
Expired: Dec 22, 2018, 12:07 PM CST
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Jackson County, IL

The river

Written for the forecast point Big Muddy River at Murphysboro (MURI2).

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 28 ft
Major stage: 36 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05599490, 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 15, 2:43 PM CST, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 2:43 PM CST, 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 15, 6:11 AM CST, 8 hours 52 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
Dec 15, 1:35 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Henderson, Union, Webster	6 hr
Dec 15, 2:04 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Franklin	5 hr
Dec 15, 5:05 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Edwards, Hamilton, Jefferson, Wabash, Wayne, White	4 hr

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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.