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Flash Flood Warning 51, NWS Paducah, KY

June 30, 2020Caldwell County, Hopkins County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2020, 8:20 AM CDT for Caldwell County, Hopkins County, 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 30, 2020, 8:20 AM CDT (13:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2020, 11:02 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Caldwell County, KY, Hopkins County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:21 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 157 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: 394 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1039 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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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 Jun 30, 6:13 AM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 6:13 AM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 3:34 AM CDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Paducah KY
334 AM CDT Tue Jun 30 2020

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-011000-
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-
334 AM CDT Tue Jun 30 2020

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

A Flash Flood Watch is in effect for most of the region through
tonight. Refer to the Watch product for details.

There is a marginal risk of severe storms through tonight.
Isolated damaging winds and marginally severe hail will be the
primary storm hazards.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

There is a continued chance for thunderstorms Wednesday through
Thursday. Isolated severe storms cannot be ruled out. There is
also a continued risk for heavy rainfall.

Isolated storms are in the forecast Friday on into the weekend.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be requested through tonight. Please report
observed flooding, rainfall amounts, and if you observe any hail,
high winds or wind damage.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 30, 7:43 AM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 7:44 AM CDT, 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 7:48 AM CDT, 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 7:50 AM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 7:54 AM CDT, 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 7:56 AM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY
756 AM CDT TUE JUN 30 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0749 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 NNE ANNA              37.48N 89.23W
06/30/2020                   UNION              IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS ROADS EITHER CLOSED OR WASHED OUT
            IN RURAL AREAS NEAR ANNA AND JONESBORO.

0747 AM     FLASH FLOOD      5 ENE THOMPSONVILLE     37.94N 88.67W
06/30/2020                   HAMILTON           IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL ROADS FLOODED, CLOSED IN THE
            SOUTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY TOWARD THE
            SALINE COUNTY LINE.

0741 AM     FLASH FLOOD      2 E RALEIGH             37.82N 88.50W
06/30/2020                   SALINE             IL   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            RALEIGH ROAD FLOODED.

0735 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 WSW RALEIGH           37.82N 88.55W
06/30/2020  M3.23 INCH       SALINE             IL   AWOS

            AWOS STATION KHSB HARRISBURG IL.

0721 AM     FLASH FLOOD      WEST FRANKFORT          37.89N 88.94W
06/30/2020                   FRANKLIN           IL   BROADCAST MEDIA

            NUMEROUS ROADS FLOODED.

0615 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 E ZEIGLER             37.90N 89.02W
06/30/2020  M2.92 INCH       FRANKLIN           IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            CO-OP OBSERVER STATION PLMI2 2.0 E ZEIGLER.

0535 AM     FLASH FLOOD      WARE                    37.45N 89.39W
06/30/2020                   UNION              IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WATER COVERING ROAD BOTH LANES OF HIGHWAY
            146. OVER 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE AREA
            WAS RECORDED.

0515 AM     FLASH FLOOD      CAPE GIRARDEAU          37.32N 89.55W
06/30/2020                   CAPE GIRARDEAU     MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING. IN SOME LOW
            LYING AREAS, THE WATER 3 FEET DEEP. WATER UP
            ABOVE TIRE LEVELS ON PARKED CARS. NURSING
            HOME NEARLY INUNDATED. MANY TRAFFIC LIGHTS
            WERE OUT.

&&

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 29, 7:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Trigg	49 min
Jun 30, 3:26 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	PAH	Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more	40 hr
Jun 30, 1:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Graves	34 min
Jun 30, 2:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Ballard	52 min
Jun 30, 2:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Ballard, McCracken	42 min
Jun 30, 2:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	McCracken	34 min
Jun 30, 3:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	McCracken	113 min
Jun 30, 3:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	McCracken, Marshall	50 min
Jun 30, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Graves, Marshall	48 min
Jun 30, 4:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Henderson, Union	4 hr
Jun 30, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Webster	41 min
Jun 30, 4:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Ballard	44 min
Jun 30, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle	15 min
Jun 30, 5:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Daviess, Henderson, McLean	2 hr
Jun 30, 5:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Daviess	43 min
Jun 30, 5:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Ballard	2 hr
Jun 30, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Ballard	32 min
Jun 30, 6:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman	2 hr
Jun 30, 6:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Fulton	42 min
Jun 29, 7:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Hardin	44 min
Jun 29, 9:22 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Gallatin, White	2 hr
Jun 29, 9:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Wabash	47 min
Jun 30, 4:39 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Jackson, Johnson, Pope, Saline, Union, Williamson	6 hr
Jun 30, 5:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Hamilton	3 hr
Jun 30, 5:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton, Perry	4 hr
Jun 30, 11:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Wayne	112 min
Jun 30, 1:46 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Alexander, Johnson, Union	6 hr
Jun 30, 1:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Johnson	33 min
Jun 30, 2:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Jackson, Perry	46 min
Jun 30, 3:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Perry	3 hr
Jun 30, 3:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Franklin, Hamilton, White	5 hr
Jun 30, 4:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Jackson	77 min
Jun 30, 4:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Jackson, Union	49 min
Jun 30, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Jackson, Union	50 min
Jun 30, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Alexander, Pulaski, Union	48 min
Jun 30, 4:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Cape Girardeau	3 hr
Jun 30, 4:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Perry	38 min
Jun 30, 5:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Cape Girardeau	2 hr
Jun 30, 6:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Bollinger, Wayne	42 min
Jun 30, 6:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Wayne	67 min
Jun 30, 6:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	New Madrid	40 min
Jun 30, 6:36 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Perry	2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2020 Every flash flood warning in 2020

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.