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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Paducah, KY

April 20, 2002Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Apr 20, 2002, 6:11 PM CDT for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 20, 2002, 6:11 PM CDT (23:11 UTC)
Expired
Apr 20, 2002, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Muhlenberg County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 133 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 2002-04-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 416 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 2002-04-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 62 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
416 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
980 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 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 
WGUS53 KPAH 202311
FFWPAH
KYC177-210215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
608 PM CDT SAT APR 20 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 610 PM CDT...RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN TWO AND TWO AND ONE 
HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA IN THE PAST 
HOUR OR SO. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS PASSING ACROSS THE AREA ARE 
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF 
RAIN WHICH COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
CENTRAL CITY...GREENVILLE AND POWDERLY

IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IMMINENT...MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER
GROUND. NEVER DRIVE INTO AN AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER
GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

LAT...LON 3733 8706 3712 8697 3714 8727 3728 8741

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 20, 4:39 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCarlisle, Hickman36 min
Apr 20, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMuhlenberg25 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.