Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 18, 1995, 12:17 AM CDT for Bollinger County, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 1995, 12:17 AM CDT (05:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1995, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Whole counties
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 281 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 824 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 361 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.6
- Supercell composite
- 12.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KPAH 180518 FFWPAH ILC065-077-165-199-MOC017-031-180815- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1217 AM CDT THU MAY 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH ILLINOIS ...HAMILTON COUNTY...JACKSON COUNTY...SALINE COUNTY ...WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI ...BOLLINGER COUNTY...CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY AT 1215 AM CDT DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED HEAVY RAINS AFFECTING THE REGION AND WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES ON TOP OF THE 2 TO 3 INCHES ALREADY RECEIVED. FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. WATSON/HUMPHREY
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 17, 8:12 PM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
INZ067>069-081>083-085>089-ILZ067-068-071>073-076>078-083-087- KYZ014>023-026-027-061>063-070>075-150700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 811 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #424 HAS BEEN CANCELED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT FOR ENTIRE TRI STATE AREA. CARICO/LAMBERTY
Special weather statement, May 17, 8:58 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
INZ067>069-081>083-085>089-ILZ067-068-071>073-076>078-083-087- KYZ014>023-026-027-061>063-070>075-150700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SPELLING CORRECTION... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EVANSVILLE IN 811 PM CDT WED MAY 17 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #424 HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WESTERN KENTUCKY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT FOR ENTIRE TRI STATE AREA. CARICO/LAMBERTY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau, Scott | 59 min |
| May 18, 12:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | New Madrid | 69 min |
| May 18, 1:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Mississippi | 42 min |
| May 18, 1:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | New Madrid, Stoddard | 38 min |
| May 18, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau | 45 min |
| May 18, 1:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau, Scott | 34 min |
| May 18, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Mississippi, New Madrid | 34 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 1995Every flash flood warning in 1995
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.