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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Apr 25, 2011, 3:18 PM CDT for 10 counties in Kentucky. 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 2011, 3:18 PM CDT (20:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 25, 2011, 5:49 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Christian County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 119 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
- 73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1101 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 201 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
683
WGUS53 KPAH 252018
FFWPAH
KYC033-035-047-083-107-143-157-177-219-221-260015-
/O.NEW.KPAH.FF.W.0033.110425T2018Z-110426T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
318 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
HOPKINS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
TODD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
CALDWELL COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
CALLOWAY COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN GRAVES COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
LYON COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
TRIGG COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 715 PM CDT.
* AT 311 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
RADAR ESTIMATED HOURLY RAINFALL TOTALS ON THE ORDER OF ONE HALF TO
ONE INCH WERE OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2
INCHES OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 715 PM.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
MURRAY...
CADIZ...
EDDYVILLE...
ST. CHARLES...
GREENVILLE...
HOPKINSVILLE...
ELKTON...
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 3709 8691 3706 8706 3665 8707 3664 8786
3667 8788 3667 8806 3650 8804 3649 8877
3735 8786 3740 8710 3737 8710 3735 8702
3727 8698 3722 8690 3714 8693 3713 8690
$$1 follow-up statement
237
WGUS73 KPAH 252249
FFSPAH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
549 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
KYC033-035-047-083-107-143-157-177-219-221-252256-
/O.CAN.KPAH.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110426T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HOPKINS KY-MUHLENBERG KY-CALDWELL KY-LYON KY-CHRISTIAN KY-TODD KY-
MARSHALL KY-TRIGG KY-GRAVES KY-CALLOWAY KY-
549 PM CDT MON APR 25 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR HOPKINS...TODD...
CHRISTIAN...MUHLENBERG...CALLOWAY...SOUTHEASTERN GRAVES...TRIGG...
SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL...LYON AND CALDWELL COUNTIES IN WESTERN
KENTUCKY...
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF THE
WARNED AREA FOR THE TIME BEING. THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS
TEMPORARILY SUBSIDED...SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
HOWEVER...WIDESPREAD AREA FLOODING FROM EARLIER RAINS CONTINUES...
IMPACTING MANY LOCAL ROADWAYS. THEREFORE...A FLOOD WARNING DOES
REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR MUCH OF THE AREA.
LAT...LON 3709 8691 3706 8706 3665 8707 3664 8786
3667 8788 3667 8806 3650 8804 3649 8877
3735 8786 3740 8710 3737 8710 3735 8702
3727 8698 3722 8690 3714 8693 3713 8690
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 9:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more | 59 hr |
| Apr 25, 12:39 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, Livingston, McCracken | 2 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 5:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Calloway, Crittenden, Graves, Livingston, Lyon and 4 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 25, 6:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Christian, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 25, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Trigg | 39 min |
| Apr 25, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd, Trigg | 45 min |
| Apr 25, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd | 34 min |
| Apr 25, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 16 min |
| Apr 25, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, McLean, Muhlenberg | 42 min |
| Apr 25, 4:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Webster | 118 min |
| Apr 25, 6:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman, McCracken | 6 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.