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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Paducah, KY

January 4, 2022Ballard County, Kentucky; Pulaski County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this river flood warning at Jan 4, 2022, 6:37 PM CST for Ballard County, Kentucky; Pulaski County, Illinois. It took effect at Jan 6, 2022, 9:00 AM CST. It was in force for 12 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 4, 2022, 6:37 PM CST (00:37 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 6, 2022, 9:00 AM CST
Expired
Jan 17, 2022, 11:25 PM CST
In force
12 days
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Pulaski County, IL, Ballard County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 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 Olmsted Lock and Dam Headwater (OLMI2). The gauge peaked at 38.67 ft at Jan 12, 2022, 12:00 AM CST.

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Action stage
34 ft
Minor stage
36 ft
Moderate stage
42 ft
Major stage
47 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03612600, 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
Jan 4, 6:37 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman11 days
Jan 5, 9:44 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHCrittenden, Livingston24 hr
Jan 5, 11:25 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHLivingston, McCracken24 hr
Jan 5, 1:30 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryPAHBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more27 hr

Nearby

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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.