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Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Paducah, KY

July 27, 2016Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2016, 8:42 PM CDT for Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. It was in force for 5 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
Jul 27, 2016, 8:42 PM CDT (01:42 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2016, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Muhlenberg County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:44 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 132 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2016-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1887 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2016-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1887 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1169 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

489 
WGUS53 KPAH 280142
FFWPAH
KYC177-280645-
/O.NEW.KPAH.FF.W.0063.160728T0142Z-160728T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
842 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MUHLENBERG COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 840 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS
  PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF
  RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN
  PART OF THE COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  CENTRAL CITY...GREENVILLE...POWDERLY...GRAHAM...WEIR...DUNMOR...
  DRAKESBORO...BREMEN AND SOUTH CARROLLTON.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA AS ADDITIONAL WAVES OF HEAVY RAIN MOVE NORTH INTO THE
REGION. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3704 8712 3704 8725 3706 8724 3707 8728
      3713 8733 3719 8731 3726 8739 3731 8738
      3731 8734 3739 8730 3738 8722 3741 8710
      3734 8714 3733 8710 3737 8707 3735 8701
      3727 8698 3721 8690 3714 8693 3709 8689

$$
1 follow-up statement
665 
WGUS73 KPAH 280254
FFSPAH

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
954 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016

KYC177-280645-
/O.CON.KPAH.FF.W.0063.000000T0000Z-160728T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MUHLENBERG KY-
954 PM CDT WED JUL 27 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR
MUHLENBERG COUNTY...

AT 952 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR INDICATES OVER THREE INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER A GOOD PORTION OF THE COUNTY. FLASH
FLOODING REMAINS LIKELY.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CENTRAL CITY...GREENVILLE...POWDERLY...GRAHAM...WEIR...DUNMOR...
DRAKESBORO...BREMEN AND SOUTH CARROLLTON.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 3704 8712 3704 8725 3706 8724 3707 8728
      3713 8733 3719 8731 3726 8739 3731 8738
      3731 8734 3739 8730 3738 8722 3741 8710
      3734 8714 3733 8710 3737 8707 3735 8701
      3727 8698 3721 8690 3714 8693 3709 8689

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 11:15 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningPAHHopkins3 hr
Jul 28, 12:05 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHChristian, Todd115 min
Jul 28, 2:18 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningPAHChristian, Muhlenberg, Todd, Trigg6 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.