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River Flood Warning 56, NWS Paducah, KY

March 21, 2020McLean County, Webster County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Mar 21, 2020, 7:25 PM CDT for McLean County, Webster County, Kentucky. It took effect at Mar 22, 2020, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 21, 2020, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 22, 2020, 10:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 31, 2020, 5:27 AM CDT
In force
8 days
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties McLean County, KY, Webster County, KY

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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 Green River (KY) at Calhoun Lock and Dam (CALK2). The gauge peaked at 24.14 ft at Mar 25, 2020, 12:00 AM CDT.

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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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 22, 11:18 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHCrittenden, Livingston16 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.