Alert archive / Kentucky / River Flood Warnings in 2020

River Flood Warning 18, NWS Paducah, KY

January 11, 2020Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Jan 11, 2020, 2:12 PM CST for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It took effect at Jan 12, 2020, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 11, 2020, 2:12 PM CST (20:12 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 12, 2020, 9:00 AM CST
Expired: Jan 16, 2020, 3:47 PM CST
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Muhlenberg County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Green River (KY) at Paradise (PRDK2). The gauge peaked at 19.91 ft at Jan 14, 2020, 2:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 378 ft
Minor stage: 380 ft
Moderate stage: 386 ft
Major stage: 400 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03316500, 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 11, 1:06 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 1:06 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 11, 1:14 PM CST, 58 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 11, 10:48 AM CST, 3 hours 24 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, Jan 11, 11:02 AM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, Jan 11, 11:06 AM CST, 3 hours 6 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, Jan 11, 11:12 AM CST, 3 hours before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, Jan 11, 11:22 AM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Local storm report, Jan 11, 2:12 PM CST, 0 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 11, 2:40 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard	35 min
Jan 11, 2:57 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard, McCracken	33 min
Jan 11, 3:48 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Livingston, McCracken	6 hr
Jan 11, 3:58 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman	4 hr
Jan 11, 4:08 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Crittenden, Union	6 hr
Jan 11, 4:55 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Henderson, Webster	4 hr
Jan 11, 4:59 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Caldwell, Calloway, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg	5 hr
Jan 11, 5:00 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Henderson, Webster	4 hr
Jan 11, 5:08 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman	6 hr
Jan 11, 5:17 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Graves	28 min
Jan 11, 5:43 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Livingston, Lyon, Marshall	20 min
Jan 11, 5:45 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Livingston, Lyon, Marshall	17 min
Jan 11, 5:58 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon	32 min
Jan 11, 6:08 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Calloway, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg	6 hr
Jan 11, 6:39 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Calloway, Trigg	36 min
Jan 11, 6:40 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Henderson, Hopkins, Webster	6 hr
Jan 11, 6:42 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Daviess, Henderson, McLean, Webster	33 min
Jan 11, 6:44 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Henderson, Webster	16 min
Jan 11, 6:49 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Calloway, Trigg	19 min
Jan 11, 6:54 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon, Todd, Trigg	51 min
Jan 11, 6:57 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Christian, Daviess, McLean, Muhlenberg, Todd	6 hr
Jan 11, 7:01 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Trigg	29 min
Jan 11, 7:12 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins	33 min
Jan 11, 7:23 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Christian, Trigg	37 min
Jan 11, 7:29 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Christian, Daviess, McLean, Muhlenberg, Todd	5 hr
Jan 11, 7:31 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	McLean, Muhlenberg, Todd	44 min
Jan 11, 7:40 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Christian	20 min
Jan 11, 9:25 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Livingston, McCracken	9 hr
Jan 11, 10:06 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Union	5 days
Jan 11, 10:14 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Crittenden, Union	15 days
Jan 11, 10:38 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman	9 hr
Jan 11, 12:02 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Calloway, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg	6 hr
Jan 11, 12:13 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Christian, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg and 2 more	6 hr
Jan 11, 1:51 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Jackson, Union	39 min
Jan 11, 2:01 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Jackson, Perry	9 hr
Jan 11, 2:19 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson, Johnson, Union, Williamson	41 min
Jan 11, 3:09 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Union	8 hr
Jan 11, 3:39 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Edwards, Wabash, White	6 hr
Jan 11, 3:43 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Saline, Wayne and 1 more	6 hr
Jan 11, 3:52 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Alexander, Johnson, Pulaski	6 hr
Jan 11, 11:26 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Jackson, Perry, Union	12 hr
Jan 10, 6:48 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Wayne	17 hr
Jan 10, 11:14 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Carter, Ripley	46 min
Jan 10, 11:15 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Carter, Ripley	6 hr
Jan 11, 12:00 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Ripley	30 min
Jan 11, 12:17 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Butler, Wayne	28 min
Jan 11, 12:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler	34 min
Jan 11, 12:46 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Butler	11 hr
Jan 11, 1:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Stoddard	39 min
Jan 11, 1:50 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau, Stoddard	10 hr
Jan 11, 5:15 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Carter, Ripley	3 hr
Jan 11, 9:10 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Ripley	49 hr
Jan 11, 12:54 PM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Butler	47 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2020 Every river flood warning in 2020

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.