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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Paducah, KY

January 3, 20004 counties in Indiana; Henderson County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jan 3, 2000, 4:25 PM EST for 4 counties in Indiana; Henderson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 110 min. 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 3, 2000, 4:25 PM EST (21:25 UTC)
Expired
Jan 3, 2000, 6:15 PM EST
In force
110 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Whole counties

Counties Pike County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Henderson County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 225 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 2000-01-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 105 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2000-01-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 249 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
105 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
699 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KPAH 032125
FFWPAH
INC125-147-163-173-KYC101-032315-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
325 PM CST MON JAN 3 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  VANDERBURGH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  HENDERSON COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY
  SPENCER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  WARRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA
  PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA

* UNTIL 515 PM CST(615 PM EST)

* AT 315 PM CST(415 PM EST)...THE EMERGENCY MANAGERS OF PIKE AND 
VANDERBURGH COUNTIES REPORTED THAT THE WATER WAS RISING ALONG MANY 
ROADWAYS. HYDROPLANING IS A PROBLEM OVER MOST OF THE AREA. DOPPLER 
RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES HAVE FALLEN OVER THE AREA DURING 
THE PAST 24 HOURS.

* DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 
WESTERN HENDERSON COUNTY...TO EVANSVILLE...TO NEAR WINSLOW. THE 
INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH WHILE THE 
LINE ITSELF IS MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS 
LIKELY EAST OF THIS LINE DURING THE NEXT 2 HOURS. ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 515 PM.

DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. DO NOT ALLOW 
CHILDREN TO PLAY IN AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. 

PS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 3, 11:42 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPosey, Vanderburgh48 min
Jan 3, 12:45 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHVanderburgh30 min
Jan 3, 12:57 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHSpencer33 min
Jan 3, 1:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWarrick36 min
Jan 3, 5:12 PM ESTTornado WarningPAHSpencer33 min
Jan 3, 6:55 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningPAHSpencer2 hr
Jan 3, 11:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard, McCracken47 min
Jan 3, 11:45 AM ESTTornado WarningPAHCarlisle30 min
Jan 3, 12:14 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHUnion31 min
Jan 3, 3:19 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningPAHMcCracken3 hr
Jan 3, 3:36 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle3 hr
Jan 3, 4:11 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFulton29 min
Jan 3, 4:16 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHickman29 min
Jan 3, 4:26 PM ESTTornado WarningPAHWebster34 min
Jan 3, 4:32 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningPAHFulton, Graves, Hickman118 min
Jan 3, 4:40 PM ESTTornado WarningPAHGraves, Hickman35 min
Jan 3, 4:43 PM ESTTornado WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson, McLean32 min
Jan 3, 6:01 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningPAHCaldwell, Crittenden, Daviess, Hopkins, McLean, Webster3 hr
Jan 3, 6:21 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg39 min
Jan 3, 6:24 PM ESTTornado WarningPAHMcLean21 min
Jan 3, 6:30 PM ESTTornado WarningPAHCalloway, Trigg30 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.