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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Paducah, KY

January 25, 20218 counties in Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jan 25, 2021, 12:01 PM CST for 8 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 5 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: Jan 25, 2021, 12:01 PM CST (18:01 UTC)
Expired: Jan 25, 2021, 5:00 PM CST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Ballard County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:02 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 199 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 438 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 78 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 255 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 384 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

583 
WGUS53 KPAH 251801
FFWPAH
KYC007-035-039-075-083-105-145-157-252300-
/O.NEW.KPAH.FF.W.0002.210125T1801Z-210125T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
1201 PM CST Mon Jan 25 2021

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern Ballard County in western Kentucky...
  Calloway County in western Kentucky...
  Carlisle County in western Kentucky...
  Eastern Fulton County in western Kentucky...
  Graves County in western Kentucky...
  Hickman County in western Kentucky...
  McCracken County in western Kentucky...
  Marshall County in western Kentucky...

* Until 500 PM CST.

* At 1201 PM CST, trained weather spotters reported thunderstorms 
  producing heavy rain across the warned area. Several roads are 
  closed across the area, including Highway 994 at Champion Creek in 
  McCracken County. Between 2 and 4 inches of rain have fallen. 
  Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Trained spotters.

  IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
           highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
           drainage and low lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Paducah, Murray, Mayfield, Benton, Fulton, Hickman, Clinton, 
  Bardwell, Lone Oak, Reidland.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Keep children away from storm drains, culverts, creeks and streams. 
Water levels can rise rapidly and sweep children away.

&&

LAT...LON 3715 8888 3701 8850 3690 8819 3651 8808
      3651 8923

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...0.5-1 INCH IN 4 HOURS 

$$

York

2 follow-up statements

513 
WGUS73 KPAH 252010
FFSPAH

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
210 PM CST Mon Jan 25 2021

KYC007-035-039-075-083-105-145-157-252300-
/O.CON.KPAH.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210125T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Ballard KY-Calloway KY-Carlisle KY-Fulton KY-Graves KY-Hickman KY-
McCracken KY-Marshall KY-
210 PM CST Mon Jan 25 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CST THIS 
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEASTERN BALLARD, CALLOWAY, CARLISLE, EASTERN 
FULTON, GRAVES, HICKMAN, MCCRACKEN AND MARSHALL COUNTIES...

At 210 PM CST, The widespread heavy rain has become more showery. 
Between 2 and 4 inches of rain have fallen, and several roads remain 
closed. The heaviest rain has ended, but flash flooding is ongoing.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Trained spotters.

IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
         highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
         drainage and low lying areas.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Paducah, Murray, Mayfield, Benton, Fulton, Hickman, Clinton, 
  Bardwell, Lone Oak, and Reidland,

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

Keep children away from storm drains, culverts, creeks and streams. 
Water levels can rise rapidly and sweep children away.

&&

LAT...LON 3679 8908 3693 8901 3715 8888 3701 8850
      3690 8819 3651 8808 3651 8923

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...0.5-1 INCH IN 4 HOURS 

$$

York

417 
WGUS73 KPAH 252255
FFSPAH

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
455 PM CST Mon Jan 25 2021

KYC007-035-039-075-083-105-145-157-252305-
/O.EXP.KPAH.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-210125T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Ballard KY-Calloway KY-Carlisle KY-Fulton KY-Graves KY-Hickman KY-
McCracken KY-Marshall KY-
455 PM CST Mon Jan 25 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON FOR 
SOUTHEASTERN BALLARD, CALLOWAY, CARLISLE, EASTERN FULTON, GRAVES, 
HICKMAN, MCCRACKEN AND MARSHALL COUNTIES...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.



LAT...LON 3679 8908 3693 8901 3715 8888 3701 8850
      3690 8819 3651 8808 3651 8923

$$

York

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 25, 6:49 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, Graves, McCracken	6 hr
Jan 25, 7:23 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Caldwell, Calloway, Christian, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall and 1 more	6 hr
Jan 25, 10:11 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle	5 hr
Jan 25, 10:50 AM CST	Flash Flood Watch	PAH	Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 13 more	6 hr
Jan 25, 12:31 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon, Muhlenberg, Todd and 1 more	7 hr
Jan 25, 4:53 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Webster	22 min
Jan 25, 5:22 PM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Christian, Trigg	5 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.