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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Jan 18, 2020, 11:46 AM CST for Union County, Kentucky. It took effect at Jan 18, 2020, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 15 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 18, 2020, 11:46 AM CST (17:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 18, 2020, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Jan 19, 2020, 8:48 AM CST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Union County, KY
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:50 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 Ohio River at J.T. Myers Lock and Dam (UNWK2). The gauge peaked at 36.91 ft at Jan 18, 2020, 3:00 PM CST.
- Action stage
- 33 ft
- Minor stage
- 37 ft
- Moderate stage
- 49 ft
- Major stage
- 60 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03322420, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
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.