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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Paducah, KY

May 5, 1996Franklin County, Williamson County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 5, 1996, 3:05 PM CDT for Franklin County, Williamson 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: May 5, 1996, 3:05 PM CDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 1996, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Whole counties

Counties Franklin County, IL, Williamson County, IL

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 May 5, 1:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 1:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 5, 1:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 5, 2:23 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 5, 2:37 PM CDT, 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 5, 2:38 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
230 PM CDT SUN MAY 5 1996

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0131 PM    NORTHWEST PART OF COUNTY  MO   60-70 MPH WINDS REPORTED BY
05/05/96   BUTLER                         EOC

0145 PM    DEXTER                    MO   SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES
05/05/96   STODDARD                       DOWN

0155 PM    CARTER                    MO   TREES DOWN 5 MILES SOUTH OF
05/05/96   RIPLEY                         OF CARTER

0156 PM    NEAR MARBLE HILL          MO   NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ACROSS THE
05/05/96   BOLLINGER                      COUNTY REPORTED BY EOC
KEYSOR

Local storm report, May 5, 2:50 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 5, 2:51 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 5, 1:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski, Union	60 min
May 5, 1:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson	60 min
May 5, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Johnson, Massac	53 min
May 5, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Williamson	53 min
May 5, 2:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Pulaski	27 min
May 5, 2:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Pope, Saline	69 min
May 5, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hardin	58 min
May 5, 3:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Jackson	4 hr
May 5, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin	65 min
May 5, 3:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Hamilton, Saline, White	3 hr
May 5, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Fulton, Hickman	60 min
May 5, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle	60 min
May 5, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Graves	53 min
May 5, 2:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Calloway, Livingston, Marshall	69 min
May 5, 2:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Crittenden, Lyon, Trigg	58 min
May 5, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian, Hopkins	65 min
May 5, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	McLean, Muhlenberg	58 min
May 5, 3:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Todd	58 min
May 5, 12:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Carter	67 min
May 5, 12:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wayne	67 min
May 5, 12:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ripley	67 min
May 5, 12:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler, Stoddard	60 min
May 5, 12:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Bollinger	60 min
May 5, 12:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau, Perry	65 min
May 5, 1:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott	57 min
May 5, 1:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Cape Girardeau	39 min
May 5, 1:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Stoddard	27 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 1996 Every flash flood warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.