Weather Alert in Illinois
Flood Warning issued April 18 at 11:38AM CDT until April 21 at 6:20PM CDT by NWS Paducah KY
AREAS AFFECTED: Pope, IL; Livingston, KY
DESCRIPTION: ...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in Illinois...Kentucky...Missouri... Ohio River at Smithland Dam affecting Livingston and Pope Counties. Ohio River at Paducah affecting Livingston, Pope, Massac and McCracken Counties. Ohio River at Cairo affecting Hickman, Fulton, Pulaski, Carlisle, Ballard, Mississippi and Alexander Counties. Ohio River at Olmsted Lock and Dam affecting Pulaski and Ballard Counties. .The Lower Ohio River, from Smithland to Cairo, remains in flood. For the Ohio River...including Smithland Dam, Paducah, Olmsted Lock and Dam, Cairo...Major flooding is forecast. * WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Ohio River at Smithland Dam. * WHEN...Until Monday evening. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 11:00 AM CDT Friday the stage was 46.4 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage early Monday afternoon and continue falling to 19.1 feet Monday, April 28. - Flood stage is 40.0 feet.
INSTRUCTION: Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding.
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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?
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Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions
which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to
their surface.
Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily
destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel
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A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped
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When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area
of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical
gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific
to any geographic area.
Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole,
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