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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Apr 12, 2011, 12:32 AM CDT for Christian County, Todd County, 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 12, 2011, 12:32 AM CDT (05:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2011, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Christian County, KY, Todd County, KY
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 121 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 84 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 536 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
776
WGUS53 KPAH 120532
FFWPAH
KYC047-219-120830-
/O.NEW.KPAH.FF.W.0009.110412T0532Z-110412T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1232 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CHRISTIAN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
TODD COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 330 AM CDT.
* AT 1226 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WARNED AREA. AN
EXPANDING AREA OF HEAVY RAINFALL WAS LIKELY CAUSING HOURLY RAINFALL
RATES AROUND AN INCH A HOUR IN SOME LOCATIONS.
AREAS ALONG THE WESTERN KENTUCKY PARKWAY BETWEEN CROFTON AND
INTERSTATE 24 WILL RECEIVE SOME OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN. MANY LOCATIONS
HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED FROM TWO AND A HALF TO THREE AND A HALF INCHES
OF RAINFALL. THIS NEXT ROUND OF RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER QUICK
INCH OR TWO OF RAINFALL. THIS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF MANY ROADWAYS.
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS THIS MORNING.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
HOPKINSVILLE...
CROFTON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES
AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3664 8769 3697 8766 3701 8773 3715 8768
3711 8753 3713 8750 3715 8734 3713 8733
3712 8730 3707 8726 3705 8726 3705 8712
3707 8707 3666 8707
$$1 follow-up statement
056
WGUS73 KPAH 120758
FFSPAH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
258 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2011
KYC047-219-120830-
/O.CON.KPAH.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110412T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHRISTIAN KY-TODD KY-
258 AM CDT TUE APR 12 2011
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR TODD
AND CHRISTIAN COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...
AT 247 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE MOSTLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL OVER MOST OF THE WARNED
AREA. ANOTHER HALF INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE BEFORE IT ENDS. NO
REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED SO FAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS
SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
&&
LAT...LON 3664 8769 3697 8766 3701 8773 3715 8768
3711 8753 3713 8750 3715 8734 3713 8733
3712 8730 3707 8726 3705 8726 3705 8712
3707 8707 3666 8707
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 9:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Webster | 3 hr |
| Apr 11, 11:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Hopkins, Webster | 3 hr |
| Apr 12, 2:36 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Daviess | 6 min |
| Apr 12, 2:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Daviess | 3 hr |
| Apr 12, 8:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | PAH | McLean, Webster | 41 days |
| Apr 12, 10:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | PAH | Daviess | 27 days |
| Apr 12, 10:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson | 29 days |
| Apr 12, 10:17 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston | 39 days |
| Apr 12, 11:13 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | PAH | Livingston, McCracken | 39 days |
| Apr 12, 11:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | PAH | Fulton | 52 days |
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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.