Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Paducah, KY

Issued

Jul 1, 2012, 4:42 PM CDT (21:42 UTC)

Expired

Jul 1, 2012, 6:45 PM CDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Paducah, KY

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Johnson County, IL, Williamson County, IL

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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208 
WGUS53 KPAH 012142
FFWPAH
ILC087-199-012345-
/O.NEW.KPAH.FF.W.0009.120701T2142Z-120701T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
442 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...
  SOUTHEASTERN WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT.

* AT 435 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN FROM A SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM. THIS IS 
LIKELY TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THIS AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
  LAKE OF EGYPT AREA AND CREAL SPRINGS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3767 8871 3764 8871 3757 8871 3755 8892
      3760 8895

$$

237 
WGUS73 KPAH 012300
FFSPAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
600 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012

ILC087-199-012345-
/O.CON.KPAH.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120701T2345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JOHNSON IL-WILLIAMSON IL-
600 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN WILLIAMSON AND NORTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN
ILLINOIS...

AT 555 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED HIGH RAIN RATES OVER THE WARNED AREA 
HAD MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE VERY HEAVY RAIN 
WILL CONTINUE FOR A WHILE THIS EVENING.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE CREAL SPRINGS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3767 8871 3764 8871 3757 8871 3755 8892
      3760 8895

$$

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.