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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood watch at May 26, 2016, 11:29 AM CDT for 19 counties in Kentucky; 11 counties in Illinois; 11 counties in Missouri. It took effect at May 26, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2016, 11:29 AM CDT (16:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 26, 2016, 12:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 26, 2016, 5:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Flood severity
- None
All 41 counties
Alexander County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg 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), 12 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:32 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 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 231 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
- 265 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -140 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1187 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 166 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
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 May 26, 11:10 AM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 26, 11:10 AM CDT, 19 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Paducah KY 1110 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016 .UPDATE... Issued at 1110 AM CDT Thu May 26 2016 Mesoscale update for convective trends... The convective complex continues to sink slowly south and east across the forecast area. The outflow boundary along the leading edge has been making good eastward progress across the Wabash Valley. However, the trailing end of the boundary has become elongated east to west over southeast Missouri. There is some concern that the trailing end of the boundary will slow or stall over se Missouri and extreme sw Kentucky this afternoon. This would allow storms to repeatedly train along and north of the boundary, fed by a very moist southwest low-level flow of 70 degree dew points. WPC mesoscale precip discussion 239 focuses on this region very well. A Flash Flood Watch is being considered for much of the mpd area. && .SHORT TERM...(Today through Saturday night) Issued at 124 AM CDT Thu May 26 2016 High confidence in scattered thunderstorms in the short term. The models are in fair agreement with their solutions through the short term. Basically warm or slightly above normal with scattered thunderstorms. The main weakness will be with spatial and temporal parameters of the storms. The models both short and medium range do not have a good handle on timing or location with too much precip at initiation. The common strength or persist solution continues to be a southwest flow with weak perturbation in the flow. Also they agree that at least in the short term the best chance of storms remains west of the Mississippi River today and northwest of the Ohio River after today. This is mainly due to the upper ridge to our southeast which will mitigate chances and qpf especially in the Pennyrile region. However that does not in any way preclude rain in that area...mainly less chance and less coverage. There is ample instability for an isolated strong or severe thunderstorm but the moisture is limited to the lower levels. This may not seem apparent with PW's >1.5 but aloft it is very dry. The Pacific connection the models were forecasting for this period last week did not materialize. .LONG TERM...(Sunday through Wednesday) Issued at 124 AM CDT Thu May 26 2016 Above average confidence that the long term period will be wet, but below average confidence when the precipitation will occur due to model differences. Warm and humid conditions will continue through the long term. The main forecast challenge continues to lie with precipitation probabilities and timing of such. Deep-layer southwest flow will decrease over the remainder of the holiday weekend as mid level ridging takes place. As a result, the flow pattern will become weak by Memorial Day. There will likely be a corresponding decrease in convective coverage over the latter part of the holiday weekend as the flow weakens. Precipitation coverage through most of the period will be dependent on mesoscale features such as outflow boundaries and/or convectively- induced vorticity centers. Given the lack of model skill at longer time ranges with such features, the forecast will continue with generally 20 to 40 percent chance pops. Given the moist environment and rather high PWAT values, locally heavy rain is likely in any thunderstorms that do manage to form. By the end of the period the rather stagnant pattern begins to break down as a progressive system emerges from the plains giving the best chances for precipitation in the long term period. High temperatures in the long term period will generally top out in the mid 80s with overnight lows bottoming out in the low to mid 60s. && .AVIATION... Issued at 549 AM CDT Thu May 26 2016 Introduced a vicinity thunderstorm all sites today. Kept vfr cigs and vsby. Also introduced gusty southerly winds through the daylight hours mainly but kept some wind in overnight. Will have to monitor radar closely for introducing prevailing ts should the need arise. && .PAH Watches/Warnings/Advisories... IL...None. MO...None. IN...None. KY...None. && UPDATE...MY SHORT TERM...KH LONG TERM...JP AVIATION...KH
Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 3:25 AM CDT, 8 hours 4 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY 325 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-271000- JEFFERSON-WAYNE IL-EDWARDS-WABASH-PERRY IL-FRANKLIN-HAMILTON- WHITE-JACKSON-WILLIAMSON-SALINE-GALLATIN-UNION-JOHNSON-POPE- HARDIN-ALEXANDER-PULASKI-MASSAC-GIBSON-PIKE-POSEY-VANDERBURGH- WARRICK-SPENCER-FULTON-HICKMAN-CARLISLE-BALLARD-MCCRACKEN-GRAVES- LIVINGSTON-MARSHALL-CALLOWAY-CRITTENDEN-LYON-TRIGG-CALDWELL- UNION KY-WEBSTER-HOPKINS-CHRISTIAN-HENDERSON-DAVIESS-MCLEAN- MUHLENBERG-TODD-PERRY MO-BOLLINGER-CAPE GIRARDEAU-WAYNE MO-CARTER- RIPLEY-BUTLER-STODDARD-SCOTT-MISSISSIPPI-NEW MADRID- 325 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS...SOUTHWEST INDIANA...WESTERN KENTUCKY AND SOUTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FEW STRONG STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND LIGHTNING WILL BE THE PRIMARY CONCERNS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ALMOST DAILY CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST FOR ALL OR PART OF THE AREA THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. HEAVY RAIN AND LIGHTNING SHOULD BE THE PRIMARY STORM HAZARDS. HOWEVER...AN ISOLATED STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME BUT SPOTTERS SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR ANY UPDATES TO THE FORECAST.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 26, 10:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, May 26, 10:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1019 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1011 AM HAIL HERRIN 37.80N 89.03W
05/26/2016 E0.75 INCH WILLIAMSON IL BROADCAST MEDIA
WSIL REPORTS DIME SIZED HAIL IN HERRIN
&&
DAVIDHSpecial weather statement, May 26, 10:37 AM CDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1037 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
INZ081-261600-
GIBSON IN-
1037 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR GIBSON COUNTY UNTIL 1100 AM
CDT...
AT 1037 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER
FORT BRANCH...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRINCETON...FORT BRANCH...OAKLAND CITY...HAUBSTADT...OWENSVILLE...PATOKA...
FRANCISCO...SOMERVILLE AND MACKEY.
LAT...LON 3847 8746 3846 8744 3844 8744 3844 8741
3838 8741 3839 8734 3838 8732 3826 8732
3816 8756 3817 8767 3837 8777 3850 8746
TIME...MOT...LOC 1537Z 240DEG 49KT 3826 8762Local storm report, May 26, 10:44 AM CDT, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1044 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1012 AM HAIL 1 N HERRIN 37.82N 89.03W
05/26/2016 E0.88 INCH WILLIAMSON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAIN
&&
BP2Local storm report, May 26, 10:58 AM CDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
1058 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1027 AM HAIL PRINCETON 38.36N 87.57W
05/26/2016 E0.50 INCH GIBSON IN PUBLIC
&&
BP2The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 11:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Daviess | 23 min |
| May 26, 1:46 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 3 hr |
| May 26, 2:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Carlisle | 3 hr |
| May 26, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Hickman | 31 min |
| May 26, 2:34 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Graves | 3 hr |
| May 26, 2:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Fulton, Hickman | 3 hr |
| May 26, 3:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Calloway | 3 hr |
| May 26, 3:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Calloway, Trigg | 37 min |
| May 26, 10:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Williamson | 27 min |
| May 26, 11:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Union | 28 min |
| May 26, 12:29 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Johnson, Union | 3 hr |
| May 26, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Alexander | 25 min |
| May 26, 1:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski | 3 hr |
| May 26, 1:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Alexander, Pulaski | 49 min |
| 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, 1:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Carter, Stoddard, Wayne | 3 hr |
| May 26, 4:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Scott | 113 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Kentucky, 2016Flash Flood Watches in Illinois, 2016Flash Flood Watches in Missouri, 2016Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.