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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Paducah, KY

May 26, 20164 counties in Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 26, 2016, 1:40 PM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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
May 26, 2016, 1:40 PM CDT (18:40 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2016, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Bollinger County, MO, Carter County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 26, 1:58 PM CDTFLASH FLOOD3 Ne Advance, MOTREES AND WATER OVER HIGHWAY NN 1 OFF OF HIGHWAY 25...NORTHEAST OF ADVANCE

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 259 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 12:00Z on 2016-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2276 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2016-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2276 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
561 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

196 
WGUS53 KPAH 261840
FFWPAH
MOC017-035-207-223-262145-
/O.NEW.KPAH.FF.W.0021.160526T1840Z-160526T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
140 PM CDT THU MAY 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CARTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...
  NORTHERN STODDARD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...
  WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...
  BOLLINGER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSOURI...

* UNTIL 445 PM CDT

* AT 137 PM CDT...LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA REPORT THAT WATER IS
  STARTING TO FLOOD LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN NORTHERN WAYNE
  COUNTY...AND ROAD CLOSURES ARE IMMINENT. RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW
  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH
  FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  PIEDMONT...BLOOMFIELD...MARBLE HILL...ADVANCE...VAN BUREN...GREENVILLE...
  WAPPAPELLO LAKE AREA...SAM A BAKER STATE PARK...PUXICO...BELL CITY...
  ELLSINORE...WILLIAMSVILLE...GLEN ALLEN...ALLIANCE...SHOOK...GRASSY...
  FREMONT...HUNTER...WAPPAPELLO AND LODI.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

&&

LAT...LON 3709 9122 3705 9078 3727 9073 3727 9055
      3732 9055 3731 9015 3760 9015 3760 8987
      3759 8986 3713 8987 3713 8977 3709 8979
      3701 8973 3686 8969 3683 9022 3692 9026
      3693 9067 3681 9066 3683 9122

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 11:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchPAHBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Mississippi, New Madrid and 5 more6 hr
May 26, 12:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCape Girardeau35 min
May 26, 12:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCape Girardeau, Scott42 min
May 26, 12:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHCape Girardeau3 hr
May 26, 12:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHScott25 min
May 26, 1:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHScott3 hr
May 26, 2:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHMississippi3 hr
May 26, 2:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHNew Madrid, Stoddard3 hr
May 26, 4:22 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHScott113 min

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.