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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Paducah, KY

May 7, 2003Hardin County, Illinois; Union County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 7, 2003, 12:56 AM CDT for Hardin County, Illinois; Union County, Kentucky. It was in force for 2 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 7, 2003, 12:56 AM CDT (05:56 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2003, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Hardin County, IL, Union County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 2003-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1519 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 00:00Z on 2003-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1519 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
720 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KPAH 070559
FFWPAH
ILC069-KYC225-070800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1256 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
  UNION COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT

* AT 1252 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF 
RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER HARDIN COUNTY ILLINOIS AND UNION COUNTY 
KENTUCKY THIS EVENING. ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE RAIN HAS ENDED...RUNOFF 
WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE PROBLEMS.

* ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL AVERAGE LESS THAN ONE INCH.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.

LAT...LON 3777 8799 3763 8789 3748 8814 3745 8831
          3752 8841 3761 8827 3761 8819 3758 8815
          3767 8815

$$
PS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 6, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHAlexander42 min
May 6, 8:45 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJackson, Perry45 min
May 6, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPulaski, Union50 min
May 6, 9:12 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHAlexander13 min
May 6, 9:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJackson, Perry33 min
May 6, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJohnson47 min
May 6, 9:33 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMassac42 min
May 6, 9:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJefferson23 min
May 6, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFranklin36 min
May 6, 9:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHUnion48 min
May 6, 9:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHPerry3 hr
May 6, 9:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHPope49 min
May 6, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJefferson31 min
May 6, 10:05 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPope55 min
May 6, 10:12 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMassac8 min
May 6, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHJohnson12 min
May 6, 10:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHFranklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Union3 hr
May 6, 10:26 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHJohnson, Pulaski49 min
May 6, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWayne29 min
May 6, 10:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHUnion12 min
May 6, 10:36 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMassac39 min
May 6, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHHardin45 min
May 6, 10:59 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHPope46 min
May 6, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMassac37 min
May 6, 11:16 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHGallatin44 min
May 6, 11:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHJohnson, Massac, Pope4 hr
May 6, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMcCracken42 min
May 6, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle, Graves, Hickman, McCracken54 min
May 6, 10:54 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHBallard51 min
May 6, 11:09 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHGraves, McCracken36 min
May 6, 11:21 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHLivingston39 min
May 6, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHFulton30 min
May 6, 11:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMarshall39 min
May 6, 11:47 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHMarshall28 min
May 6, 11:48 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHCaldwell, Crittenden27 min
May 6, 11:59 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHHenderson61 min
May 7, 12:03 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHLyon, Trigg42 min
May 7, 12:08 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHHopkins37 min
May 7, 12:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway51 min
May 7, 12:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWebster26 min
May 7, 12:53 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess52 min

Nearby

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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.