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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2013, 9:49 PM CDT for Calloway County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 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
- Jul 6, 2013, 9:49 PM CDT (02:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2013, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Calloway County, KY
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 10:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 N Hazel, KY | A SECTION OF U.S. 641 WAS CLOSED AND SEVERAL MOTORISTS WERE STRANDED AND HAD TO BE HELPED FROM THEIR VEHICLES. |
| Jul 6, 10:15 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Murray, KY | SOUTH OF MURRAY ON HIGHWAY 121...A SECTION OF THE ROAD WAS CLOSED BETWEEM MILE MARKER 3 AND 4. |
| Jul 6, 10:20 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Murray, KY | JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY LIMITS...SEVERAL SECONDARY ROADS HAD HIGH WATER SIGNS OUT AND TRAFFIC WAS NOT ALLOWED THROUGH. THIS INCLUDES COUNTY ROAD 1497 AND MURRAY-PARIS ROAD. |
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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 686 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
931
WGUS53 KPAH 070249
FFWPAH
KYC035-070545-
/O.NEW.KPAH.FF.W.0021.130707T0249Z-130707T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
949 PM CDT SAT JUL 6 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CALLOWAY COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT.
* AT 941 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. SOME VEHICLES HAVE BEEN
REPORTED STRANDED ON HIGHWAY 641 NORTH OF HAZEL...HIGHWAY 121 SOUGHT
OF MURRAY...AND OTHER ROADS WERE BEGINNING TO FLOOD.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...
EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER
GROUND.
&&
LAT...LON 3675 8849 3675 8811 3669 8807 3666 8807
3660 8804 3651 8804 3650 8805 3650 8849
$$1 follow-up statement
071
WGUS73 KPAH 070411
FFSPAH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1111 PM CDT SAT JUL 6 2013
KYC035-070545-
/O.CON.KPAH.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130707T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CALLOWAY KY-
1111 PM CDT SAT JUL 6 2013
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR
CALLOWAY COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
AT 1103 PM CDT...EVEN THOUGH HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED...EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ARE STILL REPORTING ONGOING FLASH FLOODING OVER
THE WARNED AREA. SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS REMAIN CLOSED IN SPOTS...SUCH
AS ROAD 1497 AND MURRAY PARIS ROAD. ALSO HIGHWAY 641 AND 121 SOUTH
OF MURRAY STILL HAVE WATER OVER IT IN SPOTS...BUT THEY ARE NO LONGER
CLOSED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.
&&
LAT...LON 3675 8849 3675 8811 3669 8807 3666 8807
3660 8804 3651 8804 3650 8805 3650 8849
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 7:01 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Calloway | 119 min |
| Jul 6, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Lyon, Trigg | 34 min |
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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.