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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Paducah, KY

May 17, 2002Massac County, Illinois; Ballard County, Carlisle County, Kentucky; Mississippi County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 17, 2002, 5:25 AM CDT for Massac County, Illinois; Ballard County, Carlisle County, Kentucky; Mississippi County, Missouri. It was in force for 4 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
May 17, 2002, 5:25 AM CDT (10:25 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2002, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Massac County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Mississippi County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:29 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 239 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 00:00Z on 2002-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2002-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1818 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
259 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KPAH 171025
FFWPAH
ILC127-KYC007-039-MOC133-171400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
520 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI
  MASSAC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
  BALLARD COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY
  CARLISLE COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 900 AM CDT

* AT 520 AM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PROGRESS 
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES ARE AROUND 
3 INCHES SINCE 100 AM. 

THESE READINGS SUGGGEST THE WARNED COUNTIES MAY SOON BE EXPERIENCING 
FLASH FLOODING.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
BARDWELL...BARLOW...LA CENTER...LOVELACEVILLE...WICKLIFFE...
CHARLESTON...METROPOLIS AND WYATT

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

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 3683 8890 3688 8944 3703 8921 3698 8919
          3699 8913 3703 8917 3708 8916 3722 8899
          3722 8894 3727 8893 3734 8884 3714 8849
          3721 8894 3696 8882

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 17, 12:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHUnion6 hr
May 17, 1:12 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHAlexander, Johnson, Pulaski5 hr
May 17, 7:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHPope4 hr
May 17, 8:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHMassac5 hr
May 17, 3:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHGraves, McCracken, Marshall3 hr
May 17, 5:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHCalloway, Graves, McCracken, Marshall3 hr
May 17, 10:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHDaviess5 hr
May 16, 7:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWayne44 min
May 16, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHStoddard22 min
May 16, 11:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHBollinger3 hr
May 16, 11:35 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHCape Girardeau3 hr
May 17, 12:49 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHBollinger, Cape Girardeau6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2002Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2002Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.