Alert archive / Kentucky / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Paducah, KY
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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.
- 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
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 8882The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 12:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Union | 6 hr |
| May 17, 1:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Alexander, Johnson, Pulaski | 5 hr |
| May 17, 7:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Pope | 4 hr |
| May 17, 8:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Massac | 5 hr |
| May 17, 3:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Graves, McCracken, Marshall | 3 hr |
| May 17, 5:58 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves, McCracken, Marshall | 3 hr |
| May 17, 10:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Daviess | 5 hr |
| May 16, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wayne | 44 min |
| May 16, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Stoddard | 22 min |
| May 16, 11:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Bollinger | 3 hr |
| May 16, 11:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau | 3 hr |
| May 17, 12:49 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau | 6 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.