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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Paducah, KY
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Carlisle, Hickman | 30 min |
| May 2, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway | 27 min |
| May 2, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves, McCracken | 32 min |
| May 2, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Graves | 26 min |
| May 2, 10:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Calloway, Daviess, Hopkins, McLean, Trigg | 2 hr |
| May 2, 11:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd | 3 hr |
| May 3, 12:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Todd | 25 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.