961  
WGUS43 KPAH 281652  
FLWPAH  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY  
1152 AM CDT TUE APR 28 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KY HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN ILLINOIS...MISSOURI...  
 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT THEBES  
 
.RUNOFF FROM RECENT HEAVY RAIN UPSTREAM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING TO  
DEVELOP ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT THEBES. THE RIVER IS  
FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE FRIDAY MORNING AND CREST NEAR  
35.8 FEET ON MONDAY.  
 
FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...INCLUDING THEBES...MINOR FLOODING IS  
FORECAST.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.  
 

 
 
ILC003-MOC201-291900-  
/O.NEW.KPAH.FL.W.0012.260501T1648Z-260506T2100Z/  
/THBI2.1.ER.260501T1648Z.260504T1200Z.260506T1500Z.NO/  
1152 AM CDT TUE APR 28 2026  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO WEDNESDAY, MAY  
06...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT THEBES.  
 
* WHEN...FROM FRIDAY MORNING TO WEDNESDAY, MAY 06.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 34.0 FEET, THE TOWN OF THEBES BEGINS TO FLOOD.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 11:30 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 28.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE  
LATE FRIDAY MORNING TO A CREST OF 35.8 FEET MONDAY MORNING.  
IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE WEDNESDAY, MAY 06.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 33.0 FEET.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3723 8959 3725 8941 3713 8929 3709 8946  
 

 
 
DWS  
 
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