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River Flood Warning 13, NWS Paducah, KY

January 8, 2022Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Jan 8, 2022, 7:26 PM CST for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It took effect at Jan 9, 2022, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 8, 2022, 7:26 PM CST (01:26 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 9, 2022, 12:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 15, 2022, 8:18 PM CST
In force: 6 days
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Muhlenberg County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Green River (KY) at Paradise (PRDK2). The gauge peaked at 23.73 ft at Jan 12, 2022, 5:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 378 ft
Minor stage: 380 ft
Moderate stage: 386 ft
Major stage: 400 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03316500, 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 Jan 8, 5:46 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 8, 5:46 PM CST, 1 hour 40 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
Jan 8, 7:35 PM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Crittenden, Livingston	4 days
Jan 8, 7:35 PM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Livingston, McCracken	63 hr
Jan 9, 1:09 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Livingston, McCracken	36 min
Jan 9, 6:35 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	McLean, Webster	6 days
Jan 9, 6:49 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, Hickman	4 hr
Jan 9, 9:09 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Calloway, Christian, Todd, Trigg	5 hr
Jan 9, 1:37 PM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Christian, Trigg	3 hr
Jan 9, 1:44 PM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Christian, Trigg	6 hr

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.