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River Flood Warning 20, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Jan 19, 2020, 11:37 AM CST for Alexander County, Illinois; Scott County, Missouri. It was in force for 45 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 19, 2020, 11:37 AM CST (17:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 21, 2020, 8:15 AM CST
- In force
- 45 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Alexander County, IL, Scott County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:37 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 Mississippi River at Thebes (THBI2). The gauge peaked at 33.71 ft at Jan 18, 2020, 12:00 PM CST.
- Action stage
- 30 ft
- Minor stage
- 33 ft
- Moderate stage
- 37 ft
- Major stage
- 42 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07022000, 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.