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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Paducah, KY

October 6, 2013Daviess County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Oct 6, 2013, 12:53 AM CDT for Daviess County, 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, 12:53 AM CDT (05:53 UTC)
Expired: Oct 6, 2013, 6:45 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Daviess County, KY

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:52 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, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 183 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

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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 6, 12:34 AM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 12:34 AM CDT, 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 5, 3:57 PM CDT, 8 hours 56 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, 11:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 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.

&&

BP

Local storm report, Oct 5, 11:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 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.

&&

BP

Local storm report, Oct 6, 12:06 AM CDT, 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 6, 12:27 AM CDT, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1227 AM CDT SUN OCT 06 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1225 AM     HEAVY RAIN       LOVELACEVILLE           36.97N 88.83W
10/06/2013  U0.00 INCH       BALLARD            KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTS 2 INCHES OF WATER OVER US 62 IN TOWN

&&

PS

Local storm report, Oct 6, 12:30 AM CDT, 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1230 AM CDT SUN OCT 06 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1210 AM     HEAVY RAIN       MARION                  37.33N 88.08W
10/06/2013  U0.00 INCH       CRITTENDEN         KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER OVER ROAD REPORTED AT COLEMAN ROAD AND THE
            INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 641.INTERSECTION IMPASSABLE.

&&

BP

Local storm report, Oct 6, 12:40 AM CDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1240 AM CDT SUN OCT 06 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1200 AM     TSTM WND DMG     CHANDLER                38.04N 87.37W
10/06/2013                   WARRICK            IN   911 CALL CENTER

            WARRICK DISPATCH REPORTED A TREE DOWN ACROSS SR 61
            BETWEEN LYNNVILLE AND BOONVILLE. SOCIAL MEDIA REPORTS
            TREE LIMBS DOWN IN CHANDLER. TIME ESTIMATED.

&&

PS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 5, 7:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	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, 12:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Crittenden, Henderson, Livingston, Webster	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.