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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 26, 2005, 9:03 AM CDT for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 26, 2005, 9:03 AM CDT (14:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2005, 9:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Muhlenberg County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 572 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 692 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KPAH 261405
FFWPAH
KYC177-261430-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
903 AM CDT FRI AUG 26 2005
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY.
* UNTIL 930 AM CDT.
* AT 901 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED LOW LYING
AREAS IN CENTRAL CITY FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED
AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE GRAHAM...SOUTH CARROLLTON...
POWDERLY...GREENVILLE...DRAKESBORO...CENTRAL CITY AND BREMEN.
MORE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THE WARNED AREA
CREATING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.
LAT...LON 3716 8729 3707 8721 3710 8700 3722 8696
3731 8702 3738 8717 3737 8726 3729 8736
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 8:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Hopkins | 115 min |
| Aug 26, 9:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 102 min |
| Aug 26, 10:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian | 38 min |
| Aug 26, 3:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 118 min |
| Aug 26, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway | 24 min |
| Aug 26, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Livingston | 23 min |
| Aug 26, 4:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Hopkins, Webster | 117 min |
| Aug 26, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Marshall | 35 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.