Alert archive / Missouri / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 25, 2002, 4:18 PM CST for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 6 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
- Mar 25, 2002, 4:18 PM CST (22:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 25, 2002, 10:15 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 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
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 547 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 55 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 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 252218 FFWPAH MOC017-023-207-223-260415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 418 PM CST MON MAR 25 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BOLLINGER COUNTY IN MISSOURI BUTLER COUNTY IN MISSOURI STODDARD COUNTY IN MISSOURI WAYNE COUNTY IN MISSOURI * UNTIL 1015 PM CST * AT 413 PM CST...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF BOLLINGER...BUTLER...STODDARD...AND WAYNE COUNTIES DURING THE PAST 3 HOURS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN IN TWO BANDS. ONE AREA EXTENDED FROM POPLAR BLUFF TO BELL CITY. ANOTHER AREA WAS WILLIAMSVILLE TO JUST SOUTH OF MARBLE HILL. BUTLER COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE BANKFULL. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE OTHER COUNTIES WERE SWOLLEN AND RISING. * SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES IS LIKELY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... ADVANCE...BLOOMFIELD...DEXTER...DUDLEY...ESSEX...FISK...GREENVILLE... HENDRICKSON...MARBLE HILL...POPLAR BLUFF...PUXICO AND WILLIAMSVILLE 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 3734 8995 3680 8979 3656 9050 3721 9064 PS
4 follow-up statements
000 RWUS32 KPAH 252253 FFSPAH MOC017-023-207-223-260030- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 454 PM CST MON MAR 25 2002 FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR... BOLLINGER COUNTY IN MISSOURI BUTLER COUNTY IN MISSOURI STODDARD COUNTY IN MISSOURI WAYNE COUNTY IN MISSOURI UNTIL 1015 PM. AT 420 PM...BUTLER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A LOW WATER CROSSING ON A SECONDARY ROAD WAS IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODING. WATER WAS REPORTED IN A COUPLE OF HOUSES. CREEKS WERE REPORTED TO BE AT BANKFULL AND STILL RISING. AT THE POPLAR BLUFF AIRPORT...AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN ABOUT 2 HOURS. THROUGH AT LEAST 7 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST FROM ARKANSAS. EXPECT RAINFALL RATES TO BE GENERALLY AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH PER HOUR...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO RAISE WATER LEVELS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. THE CURRENT CAN EASILY SWEEP A VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD. STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS FLOODING SITUATION.
000 RWUS32 KPAH 260245 FFSPAH MOC017-023-031-157-181-201-207-223-260415- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 845 PM CST MON MAR 25 2002 FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR... BOLLINGER COUNTY IN MISSOURI BUTLER COUNTY IN MISSOURI STODDARD COUNTY IN MISSOURI WAYNE COUNTY IN MISSOURI CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN MISSOURI PERRY COUNTY IN MISSOURI RIPLEY COUNTY IN MISSOURI SCOTT COUNTY IN MISSOURI UNTIL 1015 PM. AT 845 PM...RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...CONTINUED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAD DEVELOPED IN AN AREA MAINLY SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 60. RAINFALL TOTALS SINCE THE RAIN BEGAN THIS AFTERNOON INCLUDE 2.63 INCHES AT POPLAR BLUFF AND 1.30 INCHES AT CAPE GIRARDEAU. SOME SECONDARY ROADS HAVE BEEN REPORTED FLOODED IN THE POPLAR BLUFF AREA WHILE CREEKS AND STREAMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED NEAR OR ABOVE BANKFULL IN SEVERAL AREAS OF IN THE WARNED COUNTIES. WIDESPREAD RAIN...WITH EMBEDDED AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH THE EVENING. RAINFALL RATES SHOULD AVERAGE AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH PER HOUR THROUGH AT LEAST 10 PM. BY LATE EVENING RAINFALL SHOULD DECREASE FROM THE WEST AND NORTH...HOWEVER...SOME LINGERING FLOODING MAY CONTINUE. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. THE CURRENT CAN EASILY SWEEP A VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD. STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS FLOODING SITUATION. THROUGH AT LEAST 7 PM...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE NORTHEAST FROM ARKANSAS. EXPECT RAINFALL RATES TO BE GENERALLY AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH PER HOUR...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO RAISE WATER LEVELS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. THE CURRENT CAN EASILY SWEEP A VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD. STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS FLOODING SITUATION.
000 RWUS32 KPAH 260255 CCA FFSPAH MOC017-023-031-157-181-201-207-223-260415- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO DELETE EXTRA LINES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 845 PM CST MON MAR 25 2002 FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR... BOLLINGER COUNTY IN MISSOURI BUTLER COUNTY IN MISSOURI STODDARD COUNTY IN MISSOURI WAYNE COUNTY IN MISSOURI CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN MISSOURI PERRY COUNTY IN MISSOURI RIPLEY COUNTY IN MISSOURI SCOTT COUNTY IN MISSOURI UNTIL 1015 PM. AT 845 PM...RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...CONTINUED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAD DEVELOPED IN AN AREA MAINLY SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 60. RAINFALL TOTALS SINCE THE RAIN BEGAN THIS AFTERNOON INCLUDE 2.63 INCHES AT POPLAR BLUFF AND 1.30 INCHES AT CAPE GIRARDEAU. SOME SECONDARY ROADS HAVE BEEN REPORTED FLOODED IN THE POPLAR BLUFF AREA WHILE CREEKS AND STREAMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED NEAR OR ABOVE BANKFULL IN SEVERAL AREAS OF IN THE WARNED COUNTIES. WIDESPREAD RAIN...WITH EMBEDDED AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH THE EVENING. RAINFALL RATES SHOULD AVERAGE AROUND ONE QUARTER INCH PER HOUR THROUGH AT LEAST 10 PM. BY LATE EVENING RAINFALL SHOULD DECREASE FROM THE WEST AND NORTH...HOWEVER...SOME LINGERING FLOODING MAY CONTINUE. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. THE CURRENT CAN EASILY SWEEP A VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD. STAY TUNED FOR LATER UPDATES ON THIS FLOODING SITUATION.
000 RWUS32 KPAH 260423 FFSPAH MOC023-031-157-181-223-260445- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 1020 PM CST MON MAR 25 2002 FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR... BUTLER COUNTY IN MISSOURI CAPE GIRARDEAU COUNTY IN MISSOURI PERRY COUNTY IN MISSOURI RIPLEY COUNTY IN MISSOURI WAYNE COUNTY IN MISSOURI RAINFALL HAS BECOME LIGHT ACROSS THE AREA...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. SOME MINOR WATER PROBLEMS WILL CONTINUE TO EXIST THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. AT 1020 PM...WATER WAS STANDING ON A COUPLE OF ROADS IN RIPLEY COUNTY.
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.