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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Apr 27, 2016, 4:57 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kentucky. 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
- Apr 27, 2016, 4:57 PM CDT (21:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Crittenden County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 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 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 669 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 828 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.5
The text
As transmitted.
954
WGUS53 KPAH 272157
FFWPAH
KYC055-139-143-157-280100-
/O.NEW.KPAH.FF.W.0007.160427T2157Z-160428T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
457 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PADUCAH HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
MARSHALL COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
LIVINGSTON COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
LYON COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
CRITTENDEN COUNTY IN WESTERN KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
* AT 456 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY. MANY AREAS HAVE SEEN 1-2 INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR.
ANOTHER 1-3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BENTON...MARION...CALVERT CITY...EDDYVILLE...STURGIS...ROSICLARE...SALEM...
GOLCONDA...BURNA...JOY...LEDBETTER...KUTTAWA...HARDIN...FREDONIA...GRAND
RIVERS...SMITHLAND...CARRSVILLE...DYCUSBURG AND AURORA.
LAT...LON 3678 8842 3702 8848 3707 8857 3707 8846
3714 8843 3728 8851 3739 8848 3747 8809
3755 8800 3747 8798 3748 8793 3741 8793
3742 8785 3738 8786 3738 8781 3718 8810
3717 8804 3696 8788 3687 8816 3675 8814
$$
PS1 follow-up statement
563
WGUS73 KPAH 272353
FFSPAH
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
653 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
KYC055-139-143-157-280002-
/O.CAN.KPAH.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160428T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MARSHALL KY-LIVINGSTON KY-LYON KY-CRITTENDEN KY-
653 PM CDT WED APR 27 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MARSHALL...LIVINGSTON...LYON AND
CRITTENDEN COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3678 8842 3702 8848 3707 8857 3707 8846
3714 8843 3728 8851 3739 8848 3747 8809
3755 8800 3747 8798 3748 8793 3741 8793
3742 8785 3738 8786 3738 8781 3718 8810
3717 8804 3696 8788 3687 8816 3675 8814
$$
PSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 7:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Daviess | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 9:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Crittenden, Daviess, Henderson and 10 more | 61 min |
| Apr 27, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Crittenden | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins, Muhlenberg | 26 min |
| Apr 27, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 4:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Marshall | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Livingston, Lyon, Marshall | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins, Muhlenberg | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins, Webster | 23 min |
| Apr 27, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Union, Webster | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Crittenden | 20 min |
| Apr 27, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Crittenden, Lyon | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union, Webster | 25 min |
| Apr 27, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | McLean, Webster | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 5:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 62 min |
| Apr 27, 5:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Henderson, Union, Webster | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins, McLean | 15 min |
| Apr 27, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess, McLean | 20 min |
| Apr 27, 6:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Daviess, McLean | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess, McLean | 13 min |
| Apr 27, 6:31 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Hopkins | 89 min |
| Apr 27, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess | 12 min |
| Apr 27, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess | 30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.