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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Paducah, KY

June 11, 20094 counties in Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 2009, 12:33 AM CDT for 4 counties in 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
Jun 11, 2009, 12:33 AM CDT (05:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2009, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Saline County, IL, White County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 249 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2009-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 729 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2009-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
729 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1199 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.4

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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 Jun 10, 2:20 PM CDT, 10 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 2:20 PM CDT, 10 hours 13 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 12:20 AM CDT, 13 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 10:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHenderson36 min
Jun 10, 11:05 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHHenderson, Union3 hr
Jun 11, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHenderson43 min
Jun 11, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHDaviess43 min
Jun 11, 4:32 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHHenderson25 min
Jun 11, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHenderson, Union, Webster17 min
Jun 11, 4:51 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson24 min
Jun 11, 4:57 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHDaviess, Henderson, Union2 hr
Jun 11, 5:18 PM CDTTornado WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson34 min
Jun 10, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHSaline, Williamson65 min
Jun 10, 10:32 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHGallatin, Hamilton, Saline, White3 hr
Jun 10, 11:43 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHFranklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Perry, Wayne3 hr
Jun 11, 4:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWabash26 min
Jun 11, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHEdwards, Wayne25 min
Jun 10, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry35 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2009Every flash flood warning in 2009

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.