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Flash Flood Watch 12, NWS Paducah, KY

August 12, 20169 counties in Kentucky; 19 counties in Illinois; 11 counties in Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood watch at Aug 12, 2016, 3:40 AM CDT for 9 counties in Kentucky; 19 counties in Illinois; 11 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Aug 13, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 68 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 12, 2016, 3:40 AM CDT (08:40 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 13, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Aug 16, 2016, 3:04 AM CDT
In force: 68 hr
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Flood severity: None

All 39 counties

Alexander County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Livingston County, KY, McCracken County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Perry County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Aug 12, 3:22 AM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 3:22 AM CDT, 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 12, 3:17 AM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Flash Flood Watches in Illinois, 2016 Flash Flood Watches in Missouri, 2016 Flash Flood Watches in Kentucky, 2016 Every flash flood watch in 2016

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.