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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Paducah, KY

March 1, 19975 counties in Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 1, 1997, 9:42 AM CST for 5 counties in Kentucky. 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
Mar 1, 1997, 9:42 AM CST (15:42 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 1997, 1:15 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Calloway County, KY, Christian County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, Trigg County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 1997-03-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1238 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1997-03-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 334 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
1238 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
505 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
334 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
406 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.0
Supercell composite
13.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPAH 011524
FFWPAH
KYC035-039-047-055-059-075-083-105-139-143-157-145-177-219-221-233-
011915-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
920 AM CST SAT MAR 1 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 PM CST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST KENTUCKY
 
   ...CALLOWAY COUNTY...CARLISLE COUNTY...CHRISTIAN COUNTY...WEBSTER
      COUNTY...CRITTENDEN COUNTY...DAVIESS COUNTY...FULTON COUNTY
   ...GRAVES...HICKMAN COUNTY...LIVINGSTON COUNTY...LYON COUNTY
   ...MARSHALL COUNTY...MCCRACKEN COUNTY...MUHLENBERG COUNTY...TODD COUN
   ...TRIGG COUNTY
 
AT 910 AM...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN
ACROSS MOST OF THE WARNED AREA SINCE LAST NIGHT...WITH MANY AREAS HAVING
RECEIVED OVER 1 INCH DURING THE PAST 2 HOURS. THE HEAVIEST SWATH OF
RAINFALL THUS FAR EXTENDS IN A LINE FROM HICKMAN KENTUCKY TO JUST SOUTH
OF OWENSBORO WHERE OVER 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED.
 
DES PERSONNEL FROM SEVERAL COUNTIES ACROSS THE WARNED AREA REPORT ROAD
CLOSURES...WASHOUTS AND SPOTTY EVACUATIONS DUE TO RISING WATER.
 
HEAVY RAIN SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THIS AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT.  IT'S
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS.  CAMPERS SHOULD
AVO4ID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.
 
 
KEYSOR
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 6:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHDaviess26 min
Feb 28, 10:10 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHChristian, Muhlenberg, Todd5 hr
Feb 28, 10:10 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHChristian, Muhlenberg, Todd4 hr
Feb 28, 10:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHChristian, Muhlenberg, Todd3 hr
Mar 1, 7:28 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGraves, Hickman47 min
Mar 1, 8:48 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHCaldwell, Hopkins4 hr
Mar 1, 8:48 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHMcLean4 hr
Mar 1, 9:20 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHDaviess4 hr
Mar 1, 9:20 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHFulton4 hr
Mar 1, 9:20 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHCrittenden, Livingston, Lyon, Webster4 hr
Mar 1, 9:20 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHCalloway, Graves, McCracken, Marshall, Trigg4 hr
Mar 1, 9:20 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHChristian, Muhlenberg, Todd4 hr
Mar 1, 9:20 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHCarlisle, Hickman4 hr
Mar 1, 9:42 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHDaviess4 hr
Mar 1, 9:42 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHCarlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman4 hr
Mar 1, 9:42 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHCrittenden, Livingston, McCracken4 hr
Mar 1, 9:42 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHMuhlenberg, Todd4 hr
Mar 1, 9:42 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHWebster4 hr
Mar 1, 12:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHChristian, Muhlenberg, Todd4 hr
Mar 1, 12:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHCaldwell, Calloway, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg4 hr
Mar 1, 12:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson, McLean, Union, Webster4 hr
Mar 1, 12:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle, Graves, Hickman, McCracken4 hr
Mar 1, 12:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHHopkins4 hr
Mar 1, 12:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHCrittenden, Livingston4 hr
Mar 1, 12:45 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHFulton4 hr
Mar 1, 4:55 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHCaldwell, Christian, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Webster4 hr
Mar 1, 4:55 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHFulton, Hickman4 hr
Mar 1, 4:55 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson4 hr
Mar 1, 4:55 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHCrittenden, Union4 hr
Mar 1, 4:55 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHCalloway, Graves, Marshall, Trigg4 hr
Mar 1, 4:55 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHLivingston, Lyon4 hr
Mar 1, 4:55 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle, McCracken4 hr
Mar 1, 4:55 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHTodd4 hr
Mar 1, 5:49 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHMcLean26 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

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.