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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 2021, 7:05 PM CDT for McLean County, Kentucky. It was in force for 48 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 29, 2021, 7:05 PM CDT (00:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2021, 7:53 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County McLean County, KY
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 224 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1148 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
025
WGUS53 KPAH 300005
FFWPAH
KYC149-300200-
/O.NEW.KPAH.FF.W.0026.210630T0005Z-210630T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
705 PM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021
The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southeastern McLean County in northwestern Kentucky...
* Until 900 PM CDT.
* At 705 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of
rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Calhoun, Livermore, Sacramento and Island.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3740 8718 3741 8731 3756 8733 3756 8705
3755 8705 3747 8711 3747 8712 3746 8711
3742 8710 3741 8712 3741 8717
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
GREG1 follow-up statement
189
WGUS73 KPAH 300053
FFSPAH
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
753 PM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021
KYC149-300103-
/O.CAN.KPAH.FF.W.0026.000000T0000Z-210630T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
McLean KY-
753 PM CDT Tue Jun 29 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY...
Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to
heed any remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3740 8718 3741 8731 3756 8733 3756 8705
3755 8705 3747 8711 3747 8712 3746 8711
3742 8710 3741 8712 3741 8717
$$
GREGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Daviess | 35 min |
| Jun 29, 7:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Daviess | 31 min |
| Jun 30, 3:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Hickman | 28 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.