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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Paducah, KY

April 24, 20119 counties in Kentucky; 5 counties in Missouri; 4 counties in Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Apr 24, 2011, 1:56 PM CDT for 9 counties in Kentucky; 5 counties in Missouri; 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 3 hr. 11 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: Apr 24, 2011, 1:56 PM CDT (18:56 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2011, 4:45 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Alexander County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, Butler County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 24, 2:11 PM CDT	FLOOD	Dudley, MO	WATER RESCUE FOR ONE FAMILY NEAR DEXTER.
Apr 24, 2:18 PM CDT	FLOOD	Paducah, KY	WATER COMPLETELY COVERED HUSBAND, SPANN AND BLANKENSHIP ROADS.
Apr 24, 2:19 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 3.5	Almo, KY	48 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL.
Apr 24, 2:26 PM CDT	FLOOD	Benton, KY	WATER COVERING KENTUCKY HWY 348, SYMSONIA HWY, BENTON AND SYMSONIA. ROAD IS IMPASSABLE.
Apr 24, 2:26 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Benton, KY	OLIVE STREET HAS 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RUNNING WATER OVER IT.
Apr 24, 2:32 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Paducah, KY	FLASH FLOODING ALONG PORTIONS OF OLIVET CHURCH ROAD.
Apr 24, 2:39 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 0	Symsonia, KY	3600 BLOCK OF SYMSONIA HWY WATER COVERING THE ROAD
Apr 24, 2:39 PM CDT	HEAVY RAIN 4.2	Paducah, KY	24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL ALONG OLD MAYFIELD ROAD.
Apr 24, 2:50 PM CDT	FLOOD	3 E Dudley, MO	3 DAY RAINFALL TOTAL OF 6.07 INCHES. THIS IS NEAR THE EVACUATION OF A FAMILY DUE TO FLOOD WATERS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.
Apr 24, 3:00 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Paducah, KY	911 SAYS PUBLIC REPORTING WATER POURING INTO THEIR BASEMENT ON RUE CHATEAU ROAD. ALSO COUNTY PARK ROAD IS FLOODED.
Apr 24, 3:16 PM CDT	FLASH FLOOD	Lovelaceville, KY	NWS EMPLOYEE REPORTS 2-3 FEET OF WATER OVER HWY 62. ALSO AT THE JCT OF 62 AND 86...2 FEET OF WATER COVERING THE ROAD.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 208 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1899 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 664 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 2.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

681 
WGUS53 KPAH 241856
FFWPAH
ILC003-127-151-153-KYC007-035-039-075-083-105-139-145-157-MOC023-133-
143-201-207-242145-
/O.NEW.KPAH.FF.W.0021.110424T1856Z-110424T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
156 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BUTLER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  MISSISSIPPI COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  NEW MADRID COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  ALEXANDER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
  MASSAC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHERN POPE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
  PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
  BALLARD COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
  CALLOWAY COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
  CARLISLE COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
  FULTON COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
  GRAVES COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
  HICKMAN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
  SOUTHERN LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
  MARSHALL COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
  MCCRACKEN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT.

* AT 155 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE BEGINNING TO 
  TRAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT AS MUCH AS ONE 
  HALF TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER ALREADY SATURATED 
  GROUND JUST IN THE PAST 2 HOURS. 

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  DEXTER...
  SIKESTON...
  CHARLESTON...
  BARDWELL...
  WICKLIFFE...
  PADUCAH...
  MAYFIELD...
  BENTON...
  METROPOLIS...
  CAIRO...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA THROUGH 445 PM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE.

&&

LAT...LON 3662 8997 3662 9015 3650 9023 3650 9056
      3681 9056 3730 8923 3730 8874 3719 8833
      3649 8808 3650 8941 3644 8946 3649 8952
      3640 8953 3640 8998

$$

3 follow-up statements

556 
WGUS73 KPAH 242001
FFSPAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
301 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011

ILC003-127-151-153-KYC007-035-039-075-083-105-139-145-157-MOC023-133-
143-201-207-242145-
/O.CON.KPAH.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110424T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PULASKI IL-ALEXANDER IL-MASSAC IL-POPE IL-LIVINGSTON KY-BALLARD KY-
MCCRACKEN KY-MARSHALL KY-CARLISLE KY-GRAVES KY-HICKMAN KY-CALLOWAY KY-
STODDARD MO-SCOTT MO-MISSISSIPPI MO-BUTLER MO-NEW MADRID MO-FULTON KY-
301 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN POPE...MASSAC...ALEXANDER AND PULASKI COUNTIES IN
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND FULTON...CALLOWAY...HICKMAN...GRAVES...
CARLISLE...MARSHALL...MCCRACKEN...BALLARD AND SOUTHERN LIVINGSTON
COUNTIES IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND NEW MADRID...BUTLER...
MISSISSIPPI...SCOTT AND STODDARD COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

AT 255 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS 
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THIS HAS 
BEEN CORROBORATED BY NUMEROUS SPOTTER REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING IN 
THE LAST HOUR. LATEST REPORTS INDICATE WATER COVERS PORTIONS OF  
HUSBAND...SPANN...BLANKENSHIP...AND OLIVET CHURCH ROADS IN PADUCAH.  
WATER WAS ALSO REPORTED OVER KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 348...AND SYMSONIA 
HIGHWAY BETWEEN BENTON AND SYMSONIA. IN DUDLEY MISSOURI...A WATER 
RESCUE OF A FAMILY WAS NECESSARY EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.

AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WARNED 
AREA THROUGH 445 PM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3662 8997 3662 9015 3650 9023 3650 9056
      3681 9056 3730 8923 3730 8874 3719 8833
      3649 8808 3650 8941 3644 8946 3649 8952
      3640 8953 3640 8998

$$

049 
WGUS73 KPAH 242109
FFSPAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
409 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011

ILC003-127-151-153-KYC007-035-039-075-083-105-139-145-157-MOC023-133-
143-201-207-242145-
/O.CON.KPAH.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110424T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PULASKI IL-ALEXANDER IL-MASSAC IL-POPE IL-LIVINGSTON KY-BALLARD KY-
MCCRACKEN KY-MARSHALL KY-CARLISLE KY-GRAVES KY-HICKMAN KY-CALLOWAY KY-
STODDARD MO-SCOTT MO-MISSISSIPPI MO-BUTLER MO-NEW MADRID MO-FULTON KY-
409 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR 
SOUTHERN POPE...MASSAC...ALEXANDER AND PULASKI COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN 
ILLINOIS...AND FULTON...CALLOWAY...HICKMAN...GRAVES...CARLISLE... 
MARSHALL...MCCRACKEN...BALLARD AND SOUTHERN LIVINGSTON COUNTIES 
IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...AND NEW MADRID...BUTLER...MISSISSIPPI...SCOTT 
AND STODDARD COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

AT 405 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS 
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. THIS HAS 
BEEN CORROBORATED BY NUMEROUS SPOTTER REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING IN 
THE LAST FEW HOURS.

LATEST REPORTS INDICATE WATER COVERS NUMEROUS ROADS IN MCCRACKEN AND 
MARSHALL COUNTIES. WATER WAS ALSO REPORTED OVER KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 
348...AND SYMSONIA HIGHWAY BETWEEN BENTON AND SYMSONIA. 2 TO 3 FEET 
OF WATER WAS REPORTED OVER U.S. HIGHWAY 62 AND AT THE JUNCTION OF 
HIGHWAYS 62 AND 286 NEAR LOVELACEVILLE. 

RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH AN HOUR WILL LIKELY YIELD AN 
ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 445 PM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

NEVER ALLOW YOUR CHILDREN TO PLAY IN FLOOD WATERS...INCLUDING 
DRAINAGE DITCHES AND CULVERTS. RECENT HISTORY SUGGESTS THAT DOING SO 
MAY LEAD TO SERIOUS INJURY OR EVEN LOSS OF LIFE. 

&&

LAT...LON 3662 8997 3662 9015 3650 9023 3650 9056
      3681 9056 3730 8923 3730 8874 3719 8833
      3649 8808 3650 8941 3644 8946 3649 8952
      3640 8953 3640 8998

$$

578 
WGUS73 KPAH 242148
FFSPAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
448 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011

ILC003-127-151-153-KYC007-035-039-075-083-105-139-145-157-MOC023-133-
143-201-207-242155-
/O.EXP.KPAH.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110424T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PULASKI IL-ALEXANDER IL-MASSAC IL-POPE IL-LIVINGSTON KY-BALLARD KY-
MCCRACKEN KY-MARSHALL KY-CARLISLE KY-GRAVES KY-HICKMAN KY-CALLOWAY KY-
STODDARD MO-SCOTT MO-MISSISSIPPI MO-BUTLER MO-NEW MADRID MO-FULTON KY-
448 PM CDT SUN APR 24 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHERN POPE...
MASSAC...ALEXANDER AND PULASKI COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...AND
FULTON...CALLOWAY...HICKMAN...GRAVES...CARLISLE...MARSHALL...
MCCRACKEN...BALLARD AND SOUTHERN LIVINGSTON COUNTIES IN WESTERN
KENTUCKY...AND NEW MADRID...BUTLER...MISSISSIPPI...SCOTT AND STODDARD
COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF MOST OF 
THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY 
HEAVY RAIN WILL PERSIST IN SPOTTY AREAS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

A FLOOD WARNING FOR AREAL FLOODING DOES REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 
PM CDT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL LIKELY CONTINUE 
INTO THE EVENING HOURS...AS WATER CONTINUES TO BE REPORTED OVER 
SEVERAL AREA ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 3662 8997 3662 9015 3650 9023 3650 9056
      3681 9056 3730 8923 3730 8874 3719 8833
      3649 8808 3650 8941 3644 8946 3649 8952
      3640 8953 3640 8998

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 23, 10:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Daviess, Henderson, McLean, Union, Webster	12 hr
Apr 24, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Fulton, Graves, Hickman	30 min
Apr 24, 1:30 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, McCracken	10 hr
Apr 24, 12:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Ballard, Caldwell, Carlisle, Crittenden, Daviess, Fulton and 12 more	10 hr
Apr 24, 2:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins	29 min
Apr 24, 2:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Lyon, Trigg	30 min
Apr 24, 2:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon, Muhlenberg, Trigg	3 hr
Apr 24, 2:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Trigg	49 min
Apr 24, 3:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hopkins, Muhlenberg	53 min
Apr 24, 3:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Christian, Trigg	51 min
Apr 24, 3:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd	49 min
Apr 24, 4:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Christian, Todd	40 min
Apr 24, 4:24 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Christian, Todd, Trigg	111 min
Apr 24, 5:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Calloway, Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd, Trigg	5 hr
Apr 23, 7:14 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Perry	10 hr
Apr 23, 8:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	PAH	Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Ripley, Scott and 2 more	12 hr
Apr 23, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Stoddard	31 min
Apr 23, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler	25 min
Apr 23, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ripley	28 min
Apr 23, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Stoddard	20 min
Apr 23, 9:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ripley	27 min
Apr 23, 9:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	New Madrid, Stoddard	37 min
Apr 23, 11:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Butler	33 min
Apr 24, 11:11 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Carter	69 hr
Apr 24, 11:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	PAH	Butler, Stoddard	39 days

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2011 Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2011 Flash Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2011 Every flash flood warning in 2011

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.