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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Paducah, KY

May 3, 20086 counties in Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 3, 2008, 12:27 AM CDT for 6 counties in 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 3, 2008, 12:27 AM CDT (05:27 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2008, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, McLean County, KY, Trigg County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 2008-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 217 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2008-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 273 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
217 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1274 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
273 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
350 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.5

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The text

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

000 
WGUS53 KPAH 030529
FFWPAH
KYC033-035-059-107-149-221-030730-
/O.NEW.KPAH.FF.W.0021.080503T0527Z-080503T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1227 AM CDT SAT MAY 3 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH KENTUCKY HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
  HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
  MCLEAN COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
  CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
  CALLOWAY COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
  TRIGG COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT.

* AT 1225 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO MOVE OVER THE WARNED AREA. EVEN THOUGH 
INDIVIDUAL STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH...THE AREA OF 
STORMS AS A WHOLE WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST. THIS IS 
RESULTING IN REPEATED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE SAME LOCATION. 
HIGHWAY 41 NEAR MADISONVILLE IN HOPKINS COUNTY KENTUCKY CONTINUES TO 
HAVE WATER OVER THE ROADWAY. FLOODING PROBLEMS MAY CONTINUE EVEN 
THOUGH THE RAIN HAS COME TO AN END. 

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

LAT...LON 3731 8738 3716 8733 3715 8768 3665 8769
      3668 8807 3649 8805 3650 8849 3676 8847
      3676 8813 3687 8817 3697 8790 3723 8809
      3757 8738 3764 8751 3778 8728 3789 8731
      3778 8710 3793 8700 3790 8693 3768 8683
TIME...MOT...LOC 0527Z 180DEG 0KT 3682 8795

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 7:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarlisle, Hickman30 min
May 2, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway27 min
May 2, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGraves, McCracken32 min
May 2, 8:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGraves26 min
May 2, 10:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHCaldwell, Calloway, Daviess, Hopkins, McLean, Trigg2 hr
May 2, 11:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHChristian, Muhlenberg, Todd3 hr
May 3, 12:20 AM CDTTornado WarningPAHTodd25 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2008Every flash flood warning in 2008

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.