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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2004, 5:27 PM CDT for Franklin County, Illinois. It was in force for 2 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2004, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2004, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Franklin County, IL
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 5:31 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Benton, IL | FLASH FLOODING WITHIN CITY LIMITS. |
| May 25, 6:01 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Benton, IL | SEVERE STREET FLOODING ON RT. 34 EAST OF BENTON. APPROXIMATELY 7 TO 8 INCHES AT SOME LOCATIONS. SIDE STREETS ARE BEGINNING TO FLOOD AS WELL AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this flash flood warning; the first came 4 minutes after it went out.
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.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 240 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
- 951 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 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 252228 FFWPAH ILC055-260030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 527 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 524 PM CDT...8 TO 10 INCHES OF WATER WAS REPORTED OVER ROUTE 14 IN THE BENTON AND WEST CITY AREA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE TO AFFECT FRANKLIN COUNTY. SEEK HIGH GROUND NOW * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE BENTON...BUCKNER...CHRISTOPHER... EWING...HANAFORD...COELLO...ORIENT...SESSER...THOMPSONVILLE... VALIER...WEST CITY...WEST FRANKFORT AND ZEIGLER A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER IN A VEHICLE OR ON FOOT LAT...LON 3809 8911 3788 8912 3789 8872 3811 8874 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KPAH 260037 FFSPAH ILC055-260045- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 735 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF FRANKLIN COUNTY AND WATERS SHOULD BEGIN RECEDING. IF YOU HAVE TO TRAVEL TONIGHT USE CAUTION. IF YOU COME ACROSS A ROAD STILL WATERCOVERED TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE. $$ ML
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 25, 2:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 25, 2:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 225 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004 THUNDERSTORMS HAD REDEVELOPED NORTHWEST OF THE FA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. AIRMASS OVER OUR REGION HAD DESTABILIZED AS INDICATED BY LAPS LI VALUES OF MINUS 5 TO MINUS 9...SO ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP OR MOVE INTO OUR REGION WILL HAVE AN ENVIRONMENT SUPPORTIVE OF A SEVERE THREAT. GIVEN THIS...ALONG WITH SOUTHWARD SAGGING SURFACE FRONT AND OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES FROM ONGOING CONVECTION... EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE INTO AND INCREASE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF OUR FA THIS EVENING AND OVER THE REST OF THE FA MAINLY WEDNESDAY. AS A RESULT...WILL KEEP POPS HIGHER THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE SURFACE FRONT IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN OR DIMINISH AS IT SAGS SLOWLY SOUTH IN THE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT. THIS ALONG WITH SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING TO OUR NORTH SHOULD BRING A DECREASING TREND TO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY BEGINNING WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER THE LIMITED INFLUX OF DRIER/MORE STABLE AIR ALONG WITH THE WASHING OUT OF THE FRONT AS EVIDENCED BY REDEVELOPMENT OF A BROADSCALE SOUTHERLY FLOW BY MIDDAY THURSDAY WILL LEND TO A CONTINUED CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT (SLIGHT RISK) REMAINS IN TACT THROUGH DAY 3/FRIDAY GIVEN THE PERSISTENT INSTABILITY. BY FRIDAY...ETA LIFTED INDICES ARE AT A MINIMUM THROUGH THE CURRENT MODEL RUN. HAVE UPPED DEWPOINTS AND LOW TEMPS A BIT THE NEXT COUPLE OF NIGHTS GIVEN LESSER SOUTHWARD PROGRESS OF DRIER AIR. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. MO...NONE. IL...NONE. IN...NONE. && SHANKLIN
Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 3:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 345 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-100- 107>112-114-261000- ALEXANDER IL-BALLARD KY-BOLLINGER MO-BUTLER MO-CALDWELL KY- CALLOWAY KY-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-CARLISLE KY-CARTER MO-CHRISTIAN KY- CRITTENDEN KY-DAVIESS KY-EDWARDS IL-FRANKLIN IL-FULTON KY- GALLATIN IL-GIBSON IN-GRAVES KY-HAMILTON IL-HARDIN IL-HENDERSON KY- HICKMAN KY-HOPKINS KY-JACKSON IL-JEFFERSON IL-JOHNSON IL- LIVINGSTON KY-LYON KY-MARSHALL KY-MASSAC IL-MCCRACKEN KY-MCLEAN KY- MISSISSIPPI MO-MUHLENBERG KY-NEW MADRID MO-PERRY MO-PERRY IL-PIKE IN- POPE IL-POSEY IN-PULASKI IL-RIPLEY MO-SALINE IL-SCOTT MO-SPENCER IN- STODDARD MO-TODD KY-TRIGG KY-UNION KY-UNION IL-VANDERBURGH IN- WABASH IL-WARRICK IN-WAYNE MO-WAYNE IL-WEBSTER KY-WHITE IL- WILLIAMSON IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIKESTON...POPLAR BLUFF...PERRYVILLE... CAPE GIRARDEAU...PADUCAH...OWENSBORO...MURRAY...MAYFIELD... MADISONVILLE...HOPKINSVILLE...HENDERSON...EVANSVILLE...HERRIN... HARRISBURG...CARMI...CARBONDALE AND CAIRO 345 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA AND WESTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH TONIGHT OVER THE GREEN RIVER REGION OF WESTERN KENTUCKY...INCLUDING HENDERSON...OWENSBORO AND CALHOUN. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE QUAD STATE REGION. EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP AND MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL LIKELY WITH SOME OF THE STORMS. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE A THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THERE IS A RISK FOR THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS EVENING AND MAY BE REQUESTED AT LATER TIMES AS WELL. SHANKLIN
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 25, 4:48 PM CDT, 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
448 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0444 PM TSTM WND DMG 1 W SESSER 38.09N 89.07W
05/25/2004 FRANKLIN IL TRAINED SPOTTER
2 LARGE TREES DOWN...35 TO 40 FOOT TALL MAPLES
&&
CWLocal storm report, May 25, 5:07 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
507 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0455 PM HAIL BONNIE 38.20N 88.91W
05/25/2004 0.88 INCH JEFFERSON IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
CWSpecial weather statement, May 25, 5:16 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 516 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004 ILZ084-252315- JACKSON IL- 516 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004 AT 515 PM...PADUCAH RADAR SHOWED VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AFFECTING JACKSON COUNTY...JUST NORTHWEST OF MURPHYSBORO...FROM AROUND AVA... SOUTH AND WEST TO NEAR JACOB AND NEUBERT. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 40 MPH...AND WILL BE AFFECTING COMMUNITIES FROM VERGENNES SOUTH TO MURPHYSBORO BY 615 PM. EXPECT THESE STORMS TO PRODUCE 1/2 INCH HAIL...GUSTY WINDS TO 50 MPH...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO EXPECTED.
Local storm report, May 25, 5:23 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
523 PM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION...ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0517 PM TORNADO WEST FRANKFORT 37.90N 88.93W
05/25/2004 FRANKLIN IL TRAINED SPOTTER
BRIEF TORNADO TOUCHDOWN BETWEEN WEST FRANKFORT AND
THOMPSONVILLE.
&&
CWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jefferson, Perry, Wayne | 60 min |
| May 25, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 40 min |
| May 25, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 35 min |
| May 25, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Franklin | 41 min |
| May 25, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton, Wayne | 45 min |
| May 25, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hamilton, Saline | 45 min |
| May 25, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gallatin, White | 45 min |
| May 25, 5:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Hamilton, White | 103 min |
| May 25, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Williamson | 43 min |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.