Alert archive / Indiana / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Feb 24, 2011, 8:53 PM CST for Daviess County, Henderson County, Kentucky; 4 counties in Indiana. 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, 8:53 PM CST (02:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2011, 1:00 AM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Posey County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Daviess County, KY, Henderson County, KY
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 8:56 PM CST | HEAVY RAIN 0 | Owensboro, KY | TAMARAC ROAD IS FLOODING WITH 2 VEHICLES ABANDONED. |
| Feb 24, 9:44 PM CST | HEAVY RAIN 3 | Evansville, IN | OCCURRED ON EVANSVILLE SOUTHEAST SIDE NEAR ANGELS MOUND. |
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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WGUS53 KPAH 250253
FFWPAH
INC129-147-163-173-KYC059-101-250645-
/O.NEW.KPAH.FF.W.0004.110225T0253Z-110225T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
853 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
HENDERSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
POSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
SPENCER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
VANDERBURGH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
WARRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 1245 AM CST.
* AT 847 PM CST...REPORTS OF STANDING WATER ON ROADWAYS AND FLOODED
SIDE ROADS WERE BEING RECEIVED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...DUE TO
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE REGION THIS EVENING. MANY
AREA DITCHES WERE FULL.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
CHANDLER...
BOONVILLE...
MELODY HILL...
DARMSTADT...
NEWBURGH...
EVANSVILLE...
LYNNVILLE...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AROUND 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RUNOFF EXPECTED.
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.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 3793 8698 3780 8682 3767 8683 3756 8705
3768 8740 3764 8773 3790 8793 3778 8796
3782 8809 3784 8803 3804 8804 3808 8796
3811 8802 3816 8793 3824 8798 3817 8769
3817 8748 3824 8732 3820 8679 3801 8677
$$1 follow-up statement
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WGUS53 KPAH 250345
FFWPAH
INC129-147-163-173-KYC059-101-250700-
/O.EXT.KPAH.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110225T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
945 PM CST THU FEB 24 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
HENDERSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST KENTUCKY...
POSEY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
SPENCER COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
VANDERBURGH COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
WARRICK COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST INDIANA...
* UNTIL 100 AM CST.
* AT 937 PM CST...LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUED ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA...WITH RAINFALL TOTALS UP TO AROUND 3 INCHES BEING
REPORTED.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
NEWBURGH...
HENDERSON...
EVANSVILLE...
MELODY HILL...
KASSON...
DARMSTADT...
CHANDLER...
THE RAIN WILL GRADUALLY END FROM WEST TO EAST OVER THE NEXT COUPLE
OF HOURS...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE.
HOWEVER...RUNOFF MAY CONTINUE TO AGGRAVATE ANY FLOODED AREAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 3793 8698 3780 8682 3767 8683 3756 8705
3768 8740 3764 8773 3790 8793 3778 8796
3782 8809 3784 8803 3804 8804 3808 8796
3811 8802 3816 8793 3824 8798 3817 8769
3817 8748 3824 8732 3820 8679 3801 8677
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 6:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Calloway, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves, Hickman and 4 more | 27 min |
| Feb 24, 6:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Fulton, Graves, Hickman | 25 min |
| Feb 24, 6:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves | 40 min |
| Feb 24, 6:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall and 2 more | 35 min |
| Feb 24, 7:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg | 31 min |
| Feb 24, 7:33 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Marshall | 5 hr |
| Feb 24, 7:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 52 min |
| Feb 24, 8:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 29 min |
| Feb 24, 8:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 28 min |
| Feb 24, 8:22 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon, Muhlenberg, Todd and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 24, 8:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd, Trigg | 33 min |
| Feb 24, 9:26 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Webster | 109 min |
| Feb 24, 10:35 PM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson | 28 days |
| Feb 25, 12:25 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Marshall | 12 hr |
| Feb 25, 12:39 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon, Muhlenberg, Todd and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 25, 8:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman | 37 days |
| Feb 25, 8:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union | 30 days |
| Feb 25, 8:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Union | 33 days |
| Feb 25, 8:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston | 14 hr |
| Feb 25, 8:36 AM CST | River Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.