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Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Paducah, KY

April 29, 1996Edwards County, Wabash County, Wayne County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Apr 29, 1996, 12:30 PM CDT for Edwards County, Wabash County, Wayne County, Illinois. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 1996, 12:30 PM CDT (17:30 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 1996, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Edwards County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 289 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1996-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 204 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 1996-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 169 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
204 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
983 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
169 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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.

NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Apr 29, 9:30 AM CDT, 3 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 9:30 AM CDT, 3 hours before
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In the hours before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 9:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHJefferson, Wayne6 hr
Apr 28, 9:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHPerry6 hr
Apr 28, 10:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHGallatin, White6 hr
Apr 28, 10:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHFranklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Perry, Wayne6 hr
Apr 28, 10:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHJackson, Williamson6 hr
Apr 28, 10:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHJohnson, Saline6 hr
Apr 28, 10:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHEdwards, Wabash6 hr
Apr 28, 10:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHHardin6 hr
Apr 29, 12:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHGallatin, White4 hr
Apr 29, 12:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHJohnson, Saline, Williamson4 hr
Apr 29, 12:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHFranklin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry4 hr
Apr 29, 12:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHHardin4 hr
Apr 29, 12:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFulton, Hickman25 min
Apr 29, 3:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHDaviess3 hr
Apr 29, 3:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHHenderson, Union, Webster3 hr
Apr 29, 3:55 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHMcLean3 hr
Apr 28, 11:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCape Girardeau, Scott37 min
Apr 29, 12:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMississippi, New Madrid36 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.