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River Flood Warning 65, NWS Paducah, KY

April 17, 2019Gallatin County, Wayne County, White County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Apr 17, 2019, 9:57 AM CDT for Gallatin County, Wayne County, White County, Illinois. It took effect at Apr 19, 2019, 1:40 PM CDT. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 17, 2019, 9:57 AM CDT (14:57 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 19, 2019, 1:40 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 20, 2019, 10:11 AM CDT
In force
21 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Gallatin County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:58 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 Little Wabash River at Carmi (CARI2). The gauge peaked at 26.10 ft at Apr 21, 2019, 12:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
24 ft
Minor stage
27 ft
Moderate stage
32 ft
Major stage
35 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03381495, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2019Every river flood warning in 2019

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.