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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Paducah, KY

May 11, 2016Gibson County, Indiana

NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 11, 2016, 5:47 PM CDT for Gibson County, Indiana. 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: May 11, 2016, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired: May 11, 2016, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Gibson County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 216 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 905 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

621 
WGUS53 KPAH 112247
FFWPAH
INC051-120145-
/O.NEW.KPAH.FF.W.0013.160511T2247Z-160512T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
547 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  GIBSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWESTERN INDIANA...

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 544 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
  PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF
  RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN.  SOME STREETS ARE ALREADY FLOODED IN
  OWENSVILLE.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  PRINCETON...MOUNT CARMEL...FORT BRANCH...OAKLAND CITY...HAUBSTADT...
  OWENSVILLE...LYNNVILLE...PATOKA...FRANCISCO...SOMERVILLE...HAZLETON AND
  MACKEY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3847 8746 3844 8744 3843 8741 3838 8741
      3838 8732 3820 8732 3820 8746 3817 8747
      3817 8769 3840 8776 3843 8766 3846 8766
      3844 8763 3845 8760 3849 8758 3850 8753
      3849 8750 3852 8747

$$

RST

1 follow-up statement

737 
WGUS73 KPAH 112357
FFSPAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
657 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016

INC051-120006-
/O.CAN.KPAH.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160512T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GIBSON IN-
657 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR GIBSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3847 8746 3844 8744 3843 8741 3838 8741
      3838 8732 3820 8732 3820 8746 3817 8747
      3817 8769 3840 8776 3843 8766 3846 8766
      3844 8763 3845 8760 3849 8758 3850 8753
      3849 8750 3852 8747

$$

RST

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 11, 1:44 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	PAH	Gibson, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick	7 hr
May 11, 2:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Warrick	43 min
May 11, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gibson	43 min
May 11, 4:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Gibson	25 min
May 11, 4:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Gibson	11 min
May 11, 4:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PAH	Posey	32 min
May 11, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Gibson, Pike, Warrick	31 min
May 11, 5:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Gibson	28 min
May 11, 5:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	PAH	Gibson, Pike, Posey, Vanderburgh, Warrick	58 min
May 11, 5:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Posey, Vanderburgh	38 min
May 11, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Pike, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick	63 min
May 11, 5:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PAH	Pike, Warrick	31 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.