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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Paducah, KY

February 24, 20117 counties in Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Feb 24, 2011, 8:22 PM CST for 7 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 4 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Feb 24, 2011, 8:22 PM CST (02:22 UTC)
Expired
Feb 25, 2011, 12:15 AM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Caldwell County, KY, Christian County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Feb 24, 8:45 PM CSTHEAVY RAIN 0Hopkinsville, KY1 FOOT OF STANDING WATER OVER MT. ZOAR-LATHAM ROAD. HWY 41 PARTIALLY BLOCKED DUE TO VERY RAPID FLOWING WATER.
Feb 24, 11:34 PM CSTHEAVY RAIN 2.8Sharon Grove, KY

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 2011-02-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2011-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 538 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
793 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
538 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
629 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

821 
WGUS53 KPAH 250222
FFWPAH
KYC033-047-107-143-177-219-221-250615-
/O.NEW.KPAH.FF.W.0002.110225T0222Z-110225T0615Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
822 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
  CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  TODD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN LYON COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
  TRIGG COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 1215 AM CST.

* AT 814 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD FALLEN ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE WEST   
  KENTUCKY PARKWAY. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRAIN OVER THESE   
  SAME AREAS...WHICH WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  CROFTON...
  WEIR...
  NORTONVILLE...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.  NEVER DRIVE INTO 
FLOOD WATERS.  TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 3707 8706 3665 8707 3667 8807 3699 8824
      3741 8714 3741 8710 3737 8710 3737 8704
      3732 8699 3727 8698 3722 8690 3714 8693
      3710 8690

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 24, 6:33 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Calloway, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves, Hickman and 4 more27 min
Feb 24, 6:35 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHFulton, Graves, Hickman25 min
Feb 24, 6:50 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHCalloway, Graves40 min
Feb 24, 6:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall and 2 more35 min
Feb 24, 7:14 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHCalloway, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg31 min
Feb 24, 7:33 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHCalloway, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Marshall5 hr
Feb 24, 7:38 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Trigg52 min
Feb 24, 8:11 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHChristian, Todd29 min
Feb 24, 8:17 PM CSTTornado WarningPAHMuhlenberg28 min
Feb 24, 8:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Todd, Trigg33 min
Feb 24, 8:53 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson4 hr
Feb 24, 9:26 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHHopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Webster109 min
Feb 24, 10:35 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson28 days
Feb 25, 12:25 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningPAHCalloway, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Marshall12 hr
Feb 25, 12:39 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningPAHCaldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon, Muhlenberg, Todd and 1 more6 hr
Feb 25, 8:36 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHBallard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman37 days
Feb 25, 8:36 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHHenderson, Union30 days
Feb 25, 8:36 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHCrittenden, Union33 days
Feb 25, 8:36 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHCrittenden, Livingston14 hr
Feb 25, 8:36 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningPAHBallard, McCracken37 days

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.