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Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Paducah, KY

July 22, 2019Stoddard County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2019, 12:37 AM CDT for Stoddard County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 22, 2019, 12:37 AM CDT (05:37 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2019, 6:30 AM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Stoddard County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 225 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1265 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1586 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 55 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning 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 warning went out at Jul 21, 11:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 11:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 6:57 PM CDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Paducah KY
657 PM CDT Sun Jul 21 2019

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-221000-
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-
657 PM CDT Sun Jul 21 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southern
Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky, and southeast
Missouri.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected with a cold
front tonight. A few strong to severe storms with damaging winds
are possible this evening, but locally heavy rainfall and
lightning are the primary concerns.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms will be possible on Monday as
the cold front continues to make passage. Locally heavy rainfall
and lightning will be the primary concerns, but a few strong to
severe storms with damaging winds may occur over far southeast
Missouri into western Kentucky from late Monday morning into the
afternoon.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be requested.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 21, 9:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 9:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 10:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 21, 10:28 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 10:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 21, 11:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 21, 9:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Ballard, McCracken	27 min
Jul 21, 9:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	McCracken	30 min
Jul 21, 10:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle	29 min
Jul 22, 9:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Todd	3 hr
Jul 22, 10:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman	58 min
Jul 22, 11:29 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Todd	3 hr
Jul 22, 11:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Calloway, Fulton, Graves, Hickman	57 min
Jul 22, 11:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Christian	3 hr
Jul 22, 12:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Christian, Todd	6 hr
Jul 22, 12:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Carlisle	3 hr
Jul 22, 12:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Calloway, Trigg	58 min
Jul 22, 2:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Calloway	3 hr
Jul 22, 2:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Hopkins, Muhlenberg	3 hr
Jul 22, 3:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Marshall	3 hr
Jul 22, 3:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Graves	3 hr
Jul 22, 3:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Caldwell, Lyon, Trigg	3 hr
Jul 22, 3:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Caldwell, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg	3 hr
Jul 22, 3:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Christian, Todd	3 hr
Jul 22, 4:26 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Christian, Todd	2 hr
Jul 21, 7:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Hamilton, White	3 hr
Jul 21, 7:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Union	33 min
Jul 21, 8:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Massac, Pope	27 min
Jul 21, 8:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Pulaski	30 min
Jul 21, 7:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Cape Girardeau	23 min
Jul 21, 10:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Scott	36 min
Jul 21, 11:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Mississippi	45 min
Jul 21, 11:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Scott, Stoddard	3 hr
Jul 22, 1:36 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Wayne	6 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.