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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 2021, 8:10 AM CDT for 4 counties in Illinois. It was in force for 110 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 2021, 8:10 AM CDT (13:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2021, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 110 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Franklin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Saline County, IL, Williamson County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
157
WGUS53 KPAH 031310
FFWPAH
ILC055-065-165-199-031500-
/O.NEW.KPAH.FF.W.0020.210603T1310Z-210603T1500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
810 AM CDT Thu Jun 3 2021
The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern Franklin County in south central Illinois...
Southern Hamilton County in south central Illinois...
Northern Saline County in southern Illinois...
Northeastern Williamson County in southern Illinois...
* Until 1000 AM CDT.
* At 810 AM CDT, trained weather spotters reported thunderstorms
producing heavy rain near Thompsonville. Between 2 and 3 inches of
rain have fallen. Flash flooding is already occurring.
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...
Eldorado, Galatia, Pittsburg, Thompsonville, Raleigh, Hanaford and
Broughton.
Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned
area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.
&&
LAT...LON 3799 8885 3799 8837 3777 8837 3777 8885
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
$$
RJPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:32 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Saline, Williamson | 118 min |
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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.