Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Paducah, KY

Issued

Apr 22, 1996, 7:15 AM CDT (12:15 UTC)

Expired

Apr 22, 1996, 11:15 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Paducah, KY

Area

Whole counties

County Bollinger County, MO

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:18 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.

000 
TTAA00 KPAH 221217
FFWPAH
MOC017-221615-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
715 AM CDT MON APR 22 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
 
   ...BOLLINGER COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE
COUNTY EARLY THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS WILL BE IN THE 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH RANGE AND AGGREAVATE ANY EXISTING
FLOODING PROBLEMS.  AT PARTICULAR RISK ARE THOSE AREAS DOWNSTREAM OF
CROOKED CREEK AND THE WHITEWATER RIVER.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHE&RE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.  THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY.  VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Apr 22, 2:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
200 AM CDT MON APR 22 1996

CONDITIONS STILL RIPE FOR SVR WX OVER SE MO INTO THIS MORNING.
KPAH 88D VAD WIND PROFILE SHOWED 45 KT AT 2 THSND FEET INCRSG TO
60 KT AT 4 THSND FEET. 00Z UPR AIR ANALYSIS SHOWED H5 SHORTWAVE
TROF LIFTING NEWD THRU OKLAHOMA...WITH 60 TO 70 KT WIND MAX IN
OUN/SGF REGION. MID LVL SHORTWAVE IS FCST TO SHEAR APART AS IT
REACHES THE OHIO VALLEY TODAY. IN ADDITION...BUOYANCY AND MOISTURE
WILL BE LESS IMPRESSIVE ACRS OHIO VALLEY. THEREFORE...THE SVR THREAT
SHOULD DIMINISH WITH TIME TODAY. STILL SOME POTENTIAL FOR TORNADIC
SUPERCELLS OVR SE MO THRU THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

COLD FRONT IS FCST TO REACH PAH/CGI AREAS AROUND 00Z. A SECOND MORE
SIGNIFICANT H5 SHORTWAVE IS FCST TO DIG INTO THE BASE OF THE TROF
OVER OK THIS EVENING...CREATING STG UPWARD VERTICAL MOTION ALONG
THE COLD FRONT TONIGHT. THIS WILL LIKELY RESULT IN A PERIOD OF
MDT TO HVY RAINS DURING THE NIGHT. WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON FLASH
FLOOD POTENTIAL...ESPECIALLY IF THIS MORNINGS STORMS PRODUCE HVY RAIN.
SPC QPF GUIDANCE OF 2 TO 3 INCHES SOUTH OF THE OHIO RIVER LOOKS QUITE
PSBL.

THERE COULD BE A BREAK IN THE PCPN THIS AFTN BETWEEN SHORTWAVES. THIS
COULD ALLOW SOME AFTN BINOVC...ALLOWING TEMPS TO RISE WELL INTO 70S.
CAA BEHIND FRONT TONIGHT SHOULD BE SIGNIFICANT. NGM BRINGS H8 0 ISOTHERM
TO NEAR STL BY 12Z TUESDAY. ETA IS NOT AS COLD.

AREA            HIGHS          LOWS          POPS
WRN KY          74              50            +/+
SE MO           75              47            +/+
SRN IL          72              47            +/+
SW IN           72              50            +/+

MY

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.