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Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Paducah, KY
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.
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
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 11:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Hopkins | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 12:05 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Christian, Todd | 115 min |
| Jul 28, 2:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd, Trigg | 6 hr |
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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.