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River Flood Warning 32, NWS Paducah, KY

February 10, 2020Livingston County, Kentucky; Pope County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 10, 2020, 11:30 AM CST for Livingston County, Kentucky; Pope County, Illinois. It took effect at Feb 12, 2020, 10:00 AM CST. It was in force for 15 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 10, 2020, 11:30 AM CST (17:30 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 12, 2020, 10:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 27, 2020, 8:17 PM CST
In force
15 days
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Pope County, IL, Livingston County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:31 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 Smithland Lock and Dam (SMLI2). The gauge peaked at 46.59 ft at Feb 20, 2020, 12:00 PM CST.

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Action stage
35 ft
Minor stage
40 ft
Moderate stage
48 ft
Major stage
50 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03399800, 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 Feb 10, 11:14 AM CST, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 10, 11:14 AM CST, 16 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 10, 10:11 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHGallatin, Wabash, White11 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.