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River Flood Warning 41, NWS Paducah, KY

March 4, 2020McLean County, Webster County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Mar 4, 2020, 11:15 AM CST for McLean County, Webster County, Kentucky. It took effect at Mar 5, 2020, 1:00 PM CST. It was in force for 11 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 4, 2020, 11:15 AM CST (17:15 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 5, 2020, 1:00 PM CST
Expired: Mar 16, 2020, 10:25 AM CDT
In force: 11 days
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties McLean County, KY, Webster County, KY

The river

Written for the forecast point Green River (KY) at Calhoun Lock and Dam (CALK2). The gauge peaked at 21.49 ft at Mar 17, 2020, 9:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 23 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03320000, 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 Mar 3, 5:11 PM CST, 18 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 5:11 PM CST, 18 hours 4 minutes before

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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.