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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Paducah, KY

January 8, 2020Ballard County, Kentucky; Pulaski County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Jan 8, 2020, 10:50 AM CST for Ballard County, Kentucky; Pulaski County, Illinois. It was in force for 23 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 8, 2020, 10:50 AM CST (16:50 UTC)
Expired
Jan 31, 2020, 3:30 AM CST
In force
23 days
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Pulaski County, IL, Ballard County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:54 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 Olmsted Lock and Dam Headwater (OLMI2). The gauge peaked at 43.51 ft at Jan 15, 2020, 4:00 PM CST.

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Action stage
34 ft
Minor stage
36 ft
Moderate stage
42 ft
Major stage
47 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03612600, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 8, 2:59 PM CSTFlash Flood WatchPAHBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Daviess and 13 more3 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2020River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2020Every 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.