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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Paducah, KY

April 27, 2014Carter County, Ripley County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Apr 27, 2014, 8:13 PM CDT for Carter County, Ripley County, Missouri. 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 27, 2014, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2014, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Carter County, MO, Ripley County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 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

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 239 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2014-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2449 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2014-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 480 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2449 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
619 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
480 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
618 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
8.8
Supercell composite
40.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

994 
WGUS53 KPAH 280113
FFWPAH
MOC035-181-280415-
/O.NEW.KPAH.FF.W.0013.140428T0113Z-140428T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
813 PM CDT SUN APR 27 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CARTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...
  RIPLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT.

* AT 809 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL 
WERE MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE 
ALREADY FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNED AREA INCLUDE...
  VAN BUREN...BUDAPEST...HANDY...HUNTER...ELLSINORE AND FREMONT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW
LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING. 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 3709 9123 3710 9095 3706 9096 3705 9073
      3700 9073 3697 9069 3682 9066 3681 9063
      3668 9062 3668 9059 3659 9058 3649 9058
      3650 9113 3682 9112 3683 9123

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 27, 7:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHRipley23 min
Apr 27, 7:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCarter49 min
Apr 27, 8:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHButler, Wayne3 hr
Apr 27, 9:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHBollinger116 min
Apr 27, 9:45 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHStoddard2 hr
Apr 27, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHMississippi39 min
Apr 27, 11:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHRipley3 hr
Apr 27, 11:36 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHBollinger, Cape Girardeau114 min
Apr 27, 11:41 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHButler3 hr
Apr 27, 11:49 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHMississippi, New Madrid3 hr
Apr 27, 11:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHStoddard3 hr
Apr 28, 12:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHMississippi, New Madrid3 hr
Apr 28, 12:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHBollinger, Carter, Wayne3 hr
Apr 28, 1:47 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHCape Girardeau3 hr
Apr 28, 2:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHRipley3 hr
Apr 28, 2:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHButler, Stoddard6 hr
Apr 28, 3:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHMississippi, New Madrid, Scott6 hr
Apr 28, 8:06 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningPAHButler, Mississippi, New Madrid, Ripley, Stoddard13 hr
Apr 28, 10:14 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHWayne32 hr
Apr 28, 11:26 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningPAHButler34 hr

Nearby

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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.