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River Flood Warning 71, NWS Paducah, KY

May 18, 2020Alexander County, Illinois; Scott County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at May 18, 2020, 11:48 AM CDT for Alexander County, Illinois; Scott County, Missouri. It took effect at May 19, 2020, 9:24 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 18, 2020, 11:48 AM CDT (16:48 UTC)
In effect from: May 19, 2020, 9:24 PM CDT
Expired: May 24, 2020, 5:48 PM CDT
In force: 5 days
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 16:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Thebes (THBI2). The gauge peaked at 33.29 ft at May 21, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT.

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.

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 May 18, 6:57 AM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 18, 6:57 AM CDT, 4 hours 51 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 17, 7:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Henderson	85 min
May 17, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Henderson	75 min
May 18, 11:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman	20 days
May 18, 10:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Wabash, White	21 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2020 River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2020 Every 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.