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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Paducah, KY
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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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 1:58 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Ne Advance, MO | TREES 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 11:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | PAH | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Mississippi, New Madrid and 5 more | 6 hr |
| May 26, 12:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau | 35 min |
| May 26, 12:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau, Scott | 42 min |
| May 26, 12:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau | 3 hr |
| May 26, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Scott | 25 min |
| May 26, 1:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Scott | 3 hr |
| May 26, 2:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Mississippi | 3 hr |
| May 26, 2:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | New Madrid, Stoddard | 3 hr |
| May 26, 4:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Scott | 113 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.