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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Paducah, KY

January 21, 2019Gallatin County, Wayne County, White County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Jan 21, 2019, 11:04 AM CST for Gallatin County, Wayne County, White County, Illinois. It took effect at Jan 23, 2019, 7:12 PM CST. It was in force for 11 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 21, 2019, 11:04 AM CST (17:04 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 23, 2019, 7:12 PM CST
Expired: Feb 3, 2019, 4:07 PM CST
In force: 11 days
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 17:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little Wabash River at Carmi (CARI2). The gauge peaked at 29.55 ft at Jan 29, 2019, 3:00 AM CST.

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.

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 Jan 21, 5:45 AM CST, 5 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 21, 5:45 AM CST, 5 hours 19 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
Jan 21, 11:19 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman	174 days
Jan 21, 11:11 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Wabash, White	13 days

Nearby

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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.