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River Flood Warning 95, NWS Paducah, KY

December 20, 2018Daviess County, Henderson County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Dec 20, 2018, 9:04 AM CST for Daviess County, Henderson County, Kentucky. It took effect at Dec 21, 2018, 10:17 AM CST. It was in force for 19 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 20, 2018, 9:04 AM CST (15:04 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 21, 2018, 10:17 AM CST
Expired: Jan 9, 2019, 11:32 AM CST
In force: 19 days
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Daviess County, KY, Henderson County, KY

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ohio River at Newburgh Lock and Dam (NBGI3).

Action stage: 35 ft
Minor stage: 38 ft
Moderate stage: 48 ft
Major stage: 56 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03304300, 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 20, 4:30 AM CST, 4 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 20, 4:30 AM CST, 4 hours 34 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.