Alert archive / Kentucky / River Flood Warnings in 2020

River Flood Warning 27, NWS Paducah, KY

February 8, 2020Union County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 8, 2020, 10:34 AM CST for Union County, Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 12, 2020, 7:30 PM CST. It was in force for 13 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 8, 2020, 10:34 AM CST (16:34 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 12, 2020, 7:30 PM CST
Expired
Feb 26, 2020, 6:51 AM CST
In force
13 days
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 16:35 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 Ohio River at J.T. Myers Lock and Dam (UNWK2). The gauge peaked at 45.36 ft at Feb 20, 2020, 4:00 PM CST.

actionminormoderate30405002/0802/0902/1002/1102/1202/1302/1402/1502/1602/1702/1802/1902/2002/2102/2202/2302/2402/2502/2602/27
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 8, 10:34 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson15 days
Feb 8, 10:34 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHHenderson, Union17 days
Feb 8, 10:34 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHCrittenden, Union19 days
Feb 8, 12:06 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHLivingston, McCracken21 days
Feb 8, 12:21 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHFulton22 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 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.