Flash Flood Warning 76, NWS Paducah, KY

Issued

Aug 11, 1998, 5:32 PM CDT (22:32 UTC)

Expired

Aug 11, 1998, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Paducah, KY

Area

Whole counties

County Wayne County, MO

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KPAH 112233
FFWPAH
MOC223-120100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
532 PM CDT TUE AUG 11 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT

* AT 530 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR SAM A. BAKER STATE PARK...
  MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH AT 10 MPH. DOPPLER ESTIMATES 2 INCHES OF RAIN
  ALREADY.

* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT SOUTH OVER
  NORTHERN WAYNE COUNTY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER ALREADY
  SATURATED GROUND.  FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ARE
  POSSIBLE BY 630 PM.

AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD MONITOR FLOOD CONDITIONS...AND BE PREPARED
TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND...SHOULD FLOOD WATERS THREATEN. IF FLASH
FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS TO RISE. NEVER ALLOW CHILDREN TO PLAY IN FLOOD WATERS
OR NEAR STORM DRAINS!


SDB

NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 11, 1:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
115 PM CDT TUE AUG 11 1998

COLD FRONT AND DRY AIR SINKING THROUGH MIDWEST WILL BE MAIN FOCUS
OF TODAYS FORECAST.

AT NOON THE FRONT SEEMED TO BE FROM UIN TO EVV BASED ON SFC MAP/LAPS
DATA. STORMS HAD FORMED ALONG AND CLOSE TO THIS AREA...AND LAPS
INDICATED LIFTED INDICIES TO -10 SOUTH AND WEST OF THE BOUNDARY.
ANOTHER FEATURE TO BE RECKONED WITH WAS A S/W SEEN ON WATER VAPOR
OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI. ENHANCED WATER VAPOR ALSO SHOWING EXTREME
DRY AIR SINKING SLOWLY SOUTH ACROSS IL/IN NORTH OF FRONT.

THINK THE ETA IS DOING THE BEST JOB REPRESENTING THE WEATHER PICTURE
TODAY. IT SEEMS TO HANDLE THE FRONTAL ORIENTATION AND QPF SEEMS
DECENT. ETA BRINGS FRONT THROUGH REGION OVERNIGHT WITH DRY WEATHER
PREVAILING WEDNESDAY.  PRECIP SHOULD COME TO AN END TONIGHT AS
FRONTAL ACTIVITY DIES OFF AND MISSOURI S/W DRIVES SOUTH INTO TENN.
WILL NEED EVENING POP MOST ZONES...WITH POSSIBLE EXCEPTION BEING MVN
AREA BASED ON MOVEMENT OF CURRENT STORMS/COLD FNT. EXCEPTION ALSO MAY
BE SEMO AND FAR W KY WHERE OVERNIGHT POP MAY BE NEEDED AS STORMS
CLUSTER LATER ON THIS AREA AND PROPAGATE SE.

FWC DID GOOD JOB ON YDAY HIGHS BUT NOT OVERNIGHT LOWS.  FAIRLY WIDE
GAP TODAY BETWEEN FWC/FAN ON HIGHS.  FWC APPARENTLY USING FULL DRY
SUNSHINE TO PUMP UP HIGH TO 93 PAH AND 90 EVV...WHILE FAN MID 80S.
THINK BEST ROUTE WILL BE COMPROMISE.

SDB

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