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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2009, 5:43 PM CDT for Hopkins County, Muhlenberg County, 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 2009, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2009, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Hopkins County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1110 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jun 3, 2:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 2:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:06 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 206 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2009 INZ088-KYZ018-019-032000- SPENCER-HENDERSON-DAVIESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OWENSBORO 206 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... AT 206 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM THAT COULD PRODUCE PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR OWENSBORO...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLY SMALL HAIL MAY AFFECT THE GREATER OWENSBORO AREA THROUGH 300 PM.
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 2:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 215 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2009 INZ088-KYZ018-019-032000- SPENCER-HENDERSON-DAVIESS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OWENSBORO 215 PM CDT WED JUN 3 2009 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY... AT 215 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND STORM SPOTTERS INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE OWENSBORO AIRPORT...THAT WILL PRODUCE PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS. THE STORM WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE GREATER OWENSBORO AREA THROUGH 300 PM.
Local storm report, Jun 3, 2:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess | 33 min |
| Jun 3, 3:24 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 5:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Todd | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 2:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Alexander | 2 hr |
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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.