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Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Oct 6, 2013, 12:24 AM CDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 6, 2013, 12:24 AM CDT (05:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2013, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Crittenden County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Webster County, KY
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:25 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 930 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1467 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Oct 5, 8:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 5, 8:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 839 PM CDT Sat Oct 5 2013 .SHORT TERM...(This Evening through Sunday) ISSUED AT 824 PM CDT SAT OCT 5 2013 Current analysis is a very complicated pattern this evening. Front is through West Plains and St. Louis with bands of showers and thunderstorms ahead and just behind the front. Rainfall is very efficient and may have isolated flooding issues yet tonight. Thinking is at this time that it will not be widespread. Severe potential still exists. 850 jet is expected to increase and models indicate more storms could develop and move up from the north. still have surface based instability over west Kentucky and this may lift farther north into southern Illinois and southwest Indiana. .LONG TERM...(Tuesday through Saturday) ISSUED AT 243 PM CDT SAT OCT 5 2013 Models agree on a mainly dry forecast in the extended forecast with cooler air in place. The latest model runs agree on high pressure at the surface bisecting the forecast area. In addition they indicate ridging aloft in conjunction at the surface which would dictate a dry forecast. Skies will be mainly clear although cant rule out a few friendly cue in the afternoons. Moisture is very slow to return to the area mainly due to the light transport winds in the boundary layer. Even when the winds shift southerly late in the forecast they still remain light. That is until late in the weekend day 8...another system takes shape over the plains and is poised to move into the heartland late in the weekend. The GFS is not very stable from run to run with the timing of this system. However the ecmwf seems to be steady with the timing over the last two runs. Below normal temperatures will moderate back to normal as we approach the middle of the week. && .AVIATION... ISSUED AT 605 PM CDT SAT OCT 5 2013 MVFR and Possible brief IFR conditions expected with storms overnight. Expect winds to veer to the northwest in the fronts wake then slowly back to the west toward sunrise. Expect VFR conditions to return to the west after 12z and clearing the east no later than 18z. May see some patchy fog at KCGI around sunrise. Winds will be gusty and out ot the west by late morning. && .PAH WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IL...NONE. MO...NONE. IN...NONE. KY...NONE. && SHORT TERM...PS AVIATION...KH
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 5, 3:57 PM CDT, 8 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 357 PM CDT SAT OCT 5 2013 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-062100- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION IL-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER- RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- 357 PM CDT SAT OCT 5 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MAKES ITS WAY ACROSS THE REGION. IF SEVERE WEATHER OCCURS...DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD. AFTER MIDNIGHT THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL WILL EXIST GENERALLY OVER THE SOUTHEAST HALF OF THE QUAD STATE. NO MAJOR FLOODING EXPECTED BUT THE USUAL FLOOD PRONE AND LOW LYING AREAS MAY HAVE BRIEF ISSUES WITH HIGH WATER LEVELS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES LINGER OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE REGION SUNDAY. HEAVY RAIN REMAINS THE MAIN ASSOCIATED HAZARD WITH ANY STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PLUS ANY REPORTS OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OVERNIGHT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. JP
In the hours before
Local storm report, Oct 5, 10:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1045 PM CDT SAT OCT 05 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1040 PM HEAVY RAIN PADUCAH 37.07N 88.64W
10/05/2013 E0.00 INCH MCCRACKEN KY NWS EMPLOYEE
STREET FLOODING REPORTED ON KENTUCKY AVENUE NEAR BAPTIST
HEALTH CENTER CREATING TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. AND LOW AREA ON
JACKSON STREET UNDER RAILROAD OVERPASS IS IMPASSABLE TO
TRAFFIC DUE TO ACCUMULATED WATER.
&&
BPLocal storm report, Oct 5, 10:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1048 PM CDT SAT OCT 05 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1040 PM HEAVY RAIN PADUCAH 37.07N 88.64W
10/05/2013 M0.00 INCH MCCRACKEN KY NWS EMPLOYEE
NWS PADUCAH RECORDED 2.35 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 934PM CDT
AND STILL RAINING.
&&
BPLocal storm report, Oct 5, 10:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1051 PM CDT SAT OCT 05 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1040 PM HEAVY RAIN OWENSBORO 37.76N 87.12W
10/05/2013 E0.00 INCH DAVIESS KY TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTS 2.40 INCHES OF RAIN IN OWENSBORO.
&&
BPLocal storm report, Oct 5, 11:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1107 PM CDT SAT OCT 05 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1040 PM HEAVY RAIN BROOKPORT 37.12N 88.63W
10/05/2013 U0.00 INCH MASSAC IL LAW ENFORCEMENT
CENTRAL DISPATCH REPORTS AREAS OF DORNBUSH ROAD IN MASSAC
COUNTY UNDERWATER IN PLACES.
&&
BPLocal storm report, Oct 5, 11:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1119 PM CDT SAT OCT 05 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1059 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 W ARLINGTON 36.79N 89.03W
10/05/2013 U0.00 INCH CARLISLE KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
STATE ROUTE 80 AND THE INTERSECTION OF 1772 REPORTED
IMPASSABLE DUE TO WATER.
&&
BPLocal storm report, Oct 6, 12:06 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 5, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Fulton, Graves, Hickman | 44 min |
| Oct 5, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves | 48 min |
| Oct 5, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard | 43 min |
| Oct 5, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess, McLean | 38 min |
| Oct 5, 9:27 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, McCracken | 4 hr |
| Oct 5, 10:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, McCracken | 6 hr |
| Oct 5, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson | 41 min |
| Oct 6, 12:53 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Daviess | 6 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian | 26 min |
| Oct 5, 9:35 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Perry, Union and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Oct 5, 11:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash, White | 4 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.