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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Paducah, KY

March 13, 2006Jefferson County, Wayne County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Mar 13, 2006, 6:03 AM CST for Jefferson County, Wayne County, Illinois. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 13, 2006, 6:03 AM CST (12:03 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 2006, 9:00 AM CST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Jefferson County, IL, Wayne County, IL

The radar

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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 Mar 13, 3:49 AM CST, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 3:49 AM CST, 2 hours 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 13, 4:46 AM CST, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 13, 2:29 AM CST, 3 hours 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 13, 2:30 AM CST, 3 hours 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
230 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0220 AM     HAIL             PIEDMONT                37.15N 90.70W
03/13/2006  M1.25 INCH       WAYNE              MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN COMMUNITY.

&&

SMITTY

Local storm report, Mar 13, 2:35 AM CST, 3 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
235 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0220 AM     HAIL             4 E PIEDMONT            37.15N 90.63W
03/13/2006  M3.00 INCH       WAYNE              MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ONE MILE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 4 NEAR HIGHWAY DD.

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Special weather statement, Mar 13, 5:47 AM CST, 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
547 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

ILZ075>078-080>094-KYZ001>009-MOZ087-110>112-114-131230-
ALEXANDER IL-BALLARD KY-CALLOWAY KY-CAPE GIRARDEAU MO-CARLISLE KY-
EDWARDS IL-FRANKLIN IL-FULTON KY-GALLATIN IL-GRAVES KY-HAMILTON IL-
HARDIN IL-HICKMAN KY-JACKSON IL-JEFFERSON IL-JOHNSON IL-
LIVINGSTON KY-MARSHALL KY-MASSAC IL-MCCRACKEN KY-MISSISSIPPI MO-
NEW MADRID MO-PERRY IL-POPE IL-PULASKI IL-SALINE IL-SCOTT MO-
STODDARD MO-UNION IL-WABASH IL-WAYNE IL-WHITE IL-WILLIAMSON IL-
547 AM CST MON MAR 13 2006

...GUSTY WINDS 45 TO 55 MPH POSSIBLE ALONG A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
MOVING THROUGH THE REGION...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
PRODUCING WINDS BETWEEN 45 AND 55 MPH...WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...THE PURCHASE AREA OF WEST KENTUCKY AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST
MISSOURI THROUGH 630 AM.

AT 545 AM...THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS STRETCHED FROM CISNE AND
MARION ILLINOIS...TO CAPE GIRARDEAU AND BERNIE MISSOURI. THESE STORMS
SHOULD REACH NEAR A CARMI ILLINOIS...PADUCAH AND FULTON KENTUCKY LINE
BY 630 AM.

THESE WINDS MAY TOPPLE TREES AND BUILDING STRUCTURES WEAKENED BY
RECENT RAIN AND WINDS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THE WINDS AND
STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER...AS THE STORMS APPROACH.

SMITH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 13, 2:45 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Todd	30 min
Mar 13, 5:24 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jefferson, Wayne	39 min
Mar 13, 6:05 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson, Williamson	40 min
Mar 13, 1:16 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Carter	53 min
Mar 13, 2:00 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Wayne	60 min
Mar 13, 2:48 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Bollinger	42 min
Mar 13, 3:17 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau, Perry	18 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.