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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Paducah, KY

January 21, 19994 counties in Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jan 21, 1999, 8:25 PM CST for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 9 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: Jan 21, 1999, 8:25 PM CST (02:25 UTC)
Expired: Jan 22, 1999, 5:15 AM CST
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Franklin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Union 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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 21, 6:03 PM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
603 PM CST THU JAN 21 1999

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

0600 PM    MOREHOUSE                 MO   TORNADO
01/21/99   STODDARD                       SPOTTERS REPORTED W OF
                                          MOREHOUSE

Local storm report, Jan 21, 6:08 PM CST, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 21, 6:15 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
615 PM CST THU JAN 21 1999

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

0613 PM    ORAN                      MO   .75 INCH HAIL
01/21/99   SCOTT

Local storm report, Jan 21, 7:19 PM CST, 1 hour 6 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
719 PM CST THU JAN 21 1999

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

0713 PM    ANNA                      IL   TORNADO
01/21/99   UNION                          REPORTED BY IL STATE
                                          POLICE

Local storm report, Jan 21, 7:34 PM CST, 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 21, 7:43 PM CST, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
743 PM CST THU JAN 21 1999

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

0737 PM    POPLAR BLUFF              MO   TORNADO
01/21/99   BUTLER                         FUNNEL CLOUD VICINITY OF
                                          POPLAR BLUFF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 21, 11:40 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Fulton	35 min
Jan 21, 11:56 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle	49 min
Jan 22, 12:15 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	McCracken	45 min
Jan 22, 12:41 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle	34 min
Jan 22, 12:53 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	McCracken	37 min
Jan 22, 1:36 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Graves, McCracken	39 min
Jan 22, 1:49 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Livingston	41 min
Jan 22, 3:54 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Christian, Todd	51 min
Jan 22, 6:35 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Trigg	40 min
Jan 22, 6:52 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian	53 min
Jan 22, 10:23 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Christian	4 hr
Jan 22, 1:04 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Hopkins, Webster	4 hr
Jan 22, 1:04 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall	4 hr
Jan 22, 1:04 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Union	4 hr
Jan 22, 1:04 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Calloway, Trigg	4 hr
Jan 22, 2:27 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Graves	3 hr
Jan 22, 2:48 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman	3 hr
Jan 22, 3:07 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Ballard, McCracken	3 hr
Jan 22, 4:23 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd	8 hr
Jan 22, 4:40 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Daviess, Henderson, McLean	7 hr
Jan 22, 5:25 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Crittenden, Union, Webster	7 hr
Jan 22, 5:25 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Livingston, Lyon, Marshall	7 hr
Jan 22, 5:25 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Calloway, Trigg	7 hr
Jan 22, 5:25 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Graves	7 hr
Jan 22, 5:25 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Hopkins	7 hr
Jan 22, 5:55 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman	6 hr
Jan 22, 5:55 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Ballard, McCracken	6 hr
Jan 21, 6:34 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Alexander	46 min
Jan 21, 7:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Union	50 min
Jan 21, 7:37 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Williamson	48 min
Jan 21, 9:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Alexander	8 hr
Jan 21, 9:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Perry	8 hr
Jan 21, 9:44 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Union, Williamson	31 min
Jan 21, 10:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Franklin	33 min
Jan 21, 10:20 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton	50 min
Jan 21, 11:14 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Hamilton, Jefferson, Wayne	6 hr
Jan 22, 12:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Johnson, Williamson	55 min
Jan 22, 12:32 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Union	28 min
Jan 22, 1:06 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Johnson, Pope	39 min
Jan 22, 1:30 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gallatin, Hardin, Saline	30 min
Jan 22, 1:45 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	White	45 min
Jan 22, 5:25 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Alexander, Union	6 hr
Jan 22, 5:25 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Jackson, Williamson	6 hr
Jan 21, 6:18 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Stoddard	32 min
Jan 21, 6:48 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	New Madrid, Stoddard	47 min
Jan 21, 6:58 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Butler	47 min
Jan 21, 7:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Butler, Stoddard, Wayne	45 min
Jan 21, 7:50 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau, Scott, Stoddard	9 hr
Jan 21, 9:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Butler, Wayne	8 hr
Jan 21, 9:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Perry	8 hr
Jan 21, 9:30 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Ripley	8 hr
Jan 21, 9:31 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	New Madrid, Stoddard	49 min
Jan 21, 10:00 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Scott	35 min
Jan 21, 10:23 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Butler, Stoddard	62 min
Jan 21, 11:13 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	New Madrid	32 min
Jan 21, 11:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Scott	36 min
Jan 21, 11:30 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	New Madrid	30 min
Jan 21, 11:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Stoddard	41 min
Jan 21, 11:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Mississippi	37 min
Jan 22, 5:25 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Butler, Stoddard	6 hr

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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.