Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Paducah, KY

Issued

Jun 17, 2000, 7:59 AM CDT (12:59 UTC)

Expired

Jun 17, 2000, 10:00 PM CDT

In force

14 hr

Issued by

NWS Paducah, KY

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Gallatin County, IL, Saline County, IL, Williamson County, IL

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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WGUS53 KPAH 171259
FFWPAH
ILC059-165-199-171700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
759 AM CDT SAT JUN 17 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS EXTENDED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GALLATIN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
  SALINE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

* UNTIL NOON CDT

* AT 745 AM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING BETWEEN ONE
  HALF TO ONE INCH AN HOUR...WAS MOVING THROUGH MARION ILLINOIS AND
  WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST TOWARD HARRISBURG AND SHAWNEETOWN.
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED SOME SIDE ROADS WERE 
  BEING CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER WEST OF HERRIN AND ALONG THE
  SOUTHWEST BORDER OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY.

* AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR TWO OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED MOVE ACROSS THE 
  WARNED COUNTIES THROUGH 1000 AM. THIS WILL AGGRAVATE ALREADY 
  SWOLLEN CREEKS AND DITCHES...AS WELL AS KEEP WATER PONDING ON AREA 
  ROADWAYS. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FROM THE
  SOUTH AND MOVE ACROSS SALINE AND GALLATIN COUNTIES AFTER 900 AM.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE RIDGWAY...PITTSBURG...HURST...  
GALATIA...EQUALITY...ENERGY...CRAINVILLE...CARRIERS MILLS...MARION AND   
CAMBRIA

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3791 8813 3775 8810 3763 8820 3762 8915
          3786 8915 3786 8870 3790 8869


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NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jun 17, 2:45 AM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
245 AM CDT SAT JUN 17 2000

FLOODING IS THE MAIN CONCERN.

GOOD SYNOPTIC SET UP FOR FLASH FLOODING. FRONT DRAPED SW-NE ACROSS
REGION WITH TROPICAL-ORIENTED SOUTHERLY FLOW ADVECTING MOISTURE
ACROSS IT WHILE WEAK DISTURBANCES RIPPLE BY TO THE NORTH. FLASH
FLOOD WARNINGS ACROSS SOUTHERN ILLINOIS VERIFYING IN MANY PLACES
THIS MORNING AND QUESTION WILL BE...WHICH COUNTIES NEED FFA.

FRONT HAS MANAGED TO MAKE SOME SWD PROGRESS THIS EVENING AND THINK
IT WILL SAG FURTHER DURING THE MORNING HOURS TO NEAR OH RIVER THEN
STOP AS SHOWN ON MOST MODELS. TOPS HAVE WARMED SOME PAST FEW HOURS
WITH LIGHTNING MORE CONCENTRATED AROUND STORM CLUSTERS AS SFC BASED
LIS BECOMING DIURNALLY MORE STABLE. LOW LEVEL FLOW CONTINUES TO
TRANSPORT TROPICAL AIR ACROSS THE SHALLOW BOUNDARY AND ISENTROPIC
LIFT EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THRU SUNDAY THEN SHUT OFF AFTER LAST S/W
PASSES. MODEL QPF AND NCEP SUGGEST AXIS OF MAIN RAINFALL WILL
STRADDLE OR BE JUST NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER THRU SUNDAY.

FFG VALUES OVER ILLINOIS/PART OF INDIANA AND MISSOURI PRETTY LOW AND
WITH PROSPECT OF MORE RAIN WILL ISSUE A WATCH FOR THOSE AREAS WHICH
IS NEAR OUTLINE OF EXCESSIVE RAIN GRAPHIC.  ELSEWHERE VALUES ARE
QUITE HIGH...HAS BEEN BONE DRY LATELY...WITH 3 HOUR FFG VALUES ABOVE
3 INCHES MANY PLACES. WOULD LIKE TO SEE A GOOD SOAKING RAIN BEFORE
ISSUING ANY WATCHES IN THOSE AREAS.

00Z MODELS WERE FAIRLY CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER...WITH AVN SHOWING MORE
RAINFALL POTENTIAL NORTH OF FRONT THRU WEEKEND THAN ETA. WILL GO
ALONG WITH ETA FOR THIS PACKAGE. WILL HAVE LIKELY TO CATEGORICAL
POPS FROM SOUTH TO NORTH TODAY...WITH LIKELY POPS TONIGHT INTO
SUNDAY ALL ZONES.

WILL STICK CLOSE TO FWC NUMBERS FOR MOST OF THIS FORECAST.

.PAH...FLASH FLOOD WATCH ROUGHLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM DONIPHAN MISSOURI
THROUGH EVANSVILLE INDIANA TODAY.

SDB

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