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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2004, 4:00 PM CDT for Gallatin County, Saline 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 26, 2004, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2004, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Gallatin County, IL, Saline County, IL
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 5:28 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Eldorado, IL | ROUTE 142 SOUTH OF ELDORADO HAD WATER OVER ROADS ALONG WITH SOME FLOODING OVER GRAVEL ROADS IN RURAL AREAS OF THE COUNTY. |
| May 26, 5:28 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Eldorado, IL | ROUTE 142 SOUTH OF ELDORADO HAD WATER OVER ROADS ALONG WITH SOME FLOODING OVER GRAVEL ROADS IN RURAL AREAS OF THE COUNTY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 264 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
- 1078 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 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 262059
FFWPAH
ILC059-165-262300-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
400 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
GALLATIN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
SALINE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS
* UNTIL 600 PM CDT
* AT 350 PM CDT...A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS DROPPED ONE TO ONE AND
ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS SALINE AND GALLATIN COUNTIES...WITH
THE HEAVIEST RAIN STRETCHING FROM CARRIER MILLS TO EQUALITY AND
SHAWNEETOWN. AT 344 PM...SALINE COUNTY 911 REPORTED WATER ON
ILLINOIS ROUTE 142...SOUTH OF ELDORADO. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF THREE
QUARTER TO ONE INCH OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO COVER MOST THE WARNED
AREA THROUGH 5 PM.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE CARRIER MILLS...ELDORADO...EQUALITY...
GALATIA...HARRISBURG...JUNCTION...MUDDY...NEW HAVEN...OMAHA...
RALEIGH...RIDGWAY AND SHAWNEETOWN
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
ABSOLUTELY DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER
COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT. NEVER ATTEMPT TO CROSS HIGH WATER IN A VEHICLE OR ON FOOT
IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED OR IMMINENT...MOVE QUICKLY TO HIGHER
GROUND. NEVER DRIVE INTO AN AREA WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
LAT...LON 3790 8812 3779 8810 3763 8818 3762 8870
3790 8869
$$
SMITH1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS73 KPAH 262233 FFSPAH ILC059-165-262315- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 533 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6PM FOR SALINE AND GALLATIN COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS... SHORTLY AFTER 5 PM...HEAVY RAIN HAD COMPLETELY EXITED SALINE AND GALLATIN COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS. WATER REMAINS ON ILLINOIS ROUTE 142 SOUTH OF ELDORADO...WITH FLOODING ON GRAVEL ROADS IN PARTS OF RURAL SALINE COUNTY. NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED ACROSS GALLATIN COUNTY AT THIS TIME. THE THREAT FOR TORRENTIAL RAINFALL SHOULD DIMINISH DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...HOWEVER...RESIDENTS AND TRAVELERS OVER SALINE AND GALLATIN COUNTIES SHOULD KEEP POSTED TO THE LATEST WEATHER DEVELOPMENTS OVERNIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THESE COUNTIES THROUGH 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING. $$ SMITH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 7:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Hamilton, White | 119 min |
| May 25, 10:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson | 34 min |
| May 25, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Pope | 49 min |
| May 26, 9:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 36 min |
| May 26, 9:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton, Wayne | 46 min |
| May 26, 10:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson, Williamson | 45 min |
| May 26, 10:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | White | 41 min |
| May 26, 10:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Saline | 41 min |
| May 26, 10:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin | 36 min |
| May 26, 11:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Williamson | 45 min |
| May 26, 11:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gallatin, Saline | 63 min |
| May 26, 11:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Saline | 37 min |
| May 26, 11:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hardin | 49 min |
| May 26, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Jackson, Perry | 38 min |
| May 26, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Franklin | 29 min |
| May 26, 2:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Franklin | 83 min |
| May 26, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hamilton, Saline | 50 min |
| May 26, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Gallatin | 37 min |
| May 26, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Pulaski | 33 min |
| May 26, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Massac | 41 min |
| May 26, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Wayne | 29 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.