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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Paducah, KY

May 18, 1995Bollinger County, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

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

Counties Bollinger County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1995-05-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1195 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 1995-05-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 266 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 12:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCape Girardeau, Scott59 min
May 18, 12:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHNew Madrid69 min
May 18, 1:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMississippi42 min
May 18, 1:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHNew Madrid, Stoddard38 min
May 18, 1:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCape Girardeau45 min
May 18, 1:26 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCape Girardeau, Scott34 min
May 18, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMississippi, New Madrid34 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.