Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Paducah, KY

Issued

May 8, 2002, 5:09 AM CDT (10:09 UTC)

Expired

May 8, 2002, 9:00 AM CDT

In force

4 hr

Issued by

NWS Paducah, KY

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Scott County, MO

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this flash flood warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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WGUS53 KPAH 080958
FFWPAH
MOC201-081400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
458 AM CDT WED MAY 8 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN MISSOURI

* UNTIL 900 AM CDT

* AT 455 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. 
THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED RAIN AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH IN ONE HOUR. 
THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF FLOODING IN CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY AND THE 
CAPE GIRARDEAU AIRPORT HAS RECEIVED OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 
MIDNIGHT.

* THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST MISSOURI.
HOURLY RAINFALL RATES UP TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
BENTON...CHAFFEE...HAY-WOOD CITY...KELSO...MINER...MORLEY...ORAN AND
SCOTT CITY

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. ACT QUICKLY IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED. MOVE
TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT
TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

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 3689 8970 3694 8970 3696 8972 3699 8972
          3707 8978 3713 8978 3719 8969 3724 8958
          3725 8947 3714 8944 3709 8938 3705 8939
          3701 8933 3689 8951

NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 8, 1:30 AM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
130 AM CDT WED MAY 8 2002

LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS ONGOING PRECIPITATION DISTORTING
SURFACE FEATURES. IR SAT PICS SHOWS COLDEST TOPS CONTINUE TO ADVECT
EAST. MORE CONVECTION WAS FIRING UP OVER WESTERN MO AND EASTERN
KANSAS SHOULD CONTINUE EAST. ONGOING STORMS ARE ELEVATED AND WOULD
EXPECT HAIL TO BE THE MAJOR THREAT.

OUTFLOW OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI WILL WORK TO REENFORCE THE REMNANTS
OF BOUNDARY PLACED JUST SOUTH OF THE AREA FROM EARLYIER STORMS. THIS
SHOULD SLOW THE RETURN OF THE WARM FRONT PROGGED TO TAKE PLACE TODAY.
00Z WED MODEL RUNS SUGGEST A REPEAT OF TUE AM WEATHER THIS AM AND
AGAIN THURSDAY AM. MCS SHOULD BEGIN DEPARTING PAH FA LATE THIS
MORNING WITH MESO HIGH KEEPING THINGS SETTLED MOST OF THE REMAINDER
OF THE DAY. MODELS CONTINUE TO ADVERTISE ANOTHER MCS OVERNIGHT AS
COLD FRONT FINALLY EXITS THE AREA THURSDAY. FLOODING COULD BE A
PROBLEM OVERNIGHT AS FINAL MCS MAKES IT WAY ACROSS THE REGION. AN
FLOOD WATCH MAY BE NECESARY OVERNIGHT...BUT WILL HOLD OFF FOR KNOW
AND SEE WHAT EFFECT THIS AM PRCIP HAS ON FFG FOR SECOND PERIOD.

EXCESSIVE CLOUD COVER KEPT TEMPS WELL BELOW MOS GUIDANCE YESTERDAY
FROM THE LINGERING MCS. WOULD EXPECT A SIMILAR SCENARIO TODAY.

.PAH...NONE.

KH

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
302 AM CDT WED MAY 08 2002

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

0204 AM    FRUITLAND                 MO   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/08/02   CAPE GIRARDEAU                 REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT

0222 AM    CAPE GIRARDEAU            MO   WIND DAMAGE
05/08/02   CAPE GIRARDEAU                 NUMEROUS TREES AND
                                          POWERLINES DOWN REPORTED
                                          BY CAPE COUNTY EM

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

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.