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Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2021, 4:28 PM CDT for Franklin County, Hamilton County, Wayne County, Illinois. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2021, 4:28 PM CDT (21:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Franklin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Wayne County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 4:43 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Mcleansboro, IL | LAW ENFORCEMENT RECUSED A WOMAN WHOSE SUV HAD BEEN STRANDED IN HIGH WATER ON HIGHWAY 14 IN MCLEANSBORO. NO ONE WAS INJURED. REPORTED BY WSIL-TV. |
| Jul 16, 5:11 PM CDT | FLOOD | Mcleansboro, IL | STREET FLOODING OCCURRING IN MURPHYSBORO WITH ABOUT 3 INCHES OF WATER FLOWING ACROSS STREETS IN PLACES. RAINFALL OF 2.25 INCHES SINCE 8 AM TODAY. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 227 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
- 139 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
521
WGUS53 KPAH 162128
FFWPAH
ILC055-065-191-170000-
/O.NEW.KPAH.FF.W.0040.210716T2128Z-210717T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
428 PM CDT Fri Jul 16 2021
The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Franklin County in south central Illinois...
Hamilton County in south central Illinois...
Wayne County in south central Illinois...
* Until 700 PM CDT.
* At 428 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. The expected rainfall rate is 1
to 2 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch
are possible in the warned area. 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...
West Frankfort, Benton, Fairfield, Mcleansboro, Christopher, Rend
Lake Area, Zeigler, Royalton, Wayne City, Cisne, West City,
Thompsonville, Dahlgren, Buckner, Jeffersonville, Orient,
Hanaford, Ewing, Freeman Spur and Sims.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 64 in Illinois between Mile Markers 91 and 116.
Interstate 57 in Illinois between Mile Markers 63 and 75.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3786 8915 3793 8915 3813 8878 3813 8870
3861 8870 3860 8815 3826 8815 3826 8837
3791 8838 3791 8871 3787 8871
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
071 follow-up statement
671
WGUS73 KPAH 162352
FFSPAH
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
652 PM CDT Fri Jul 16 2021
ILC055-065-191-170002-
/O.EXP.KPAH.FF.W.0040.000000T0000Z-210717T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Franklin IL-Hamilton IL-Wayne IL-
652 PM CDT Fri Jul 16 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
FRANKLIN, HAMILTON AND WAYNE COUNTIES...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3786 8915 3793 8915 3813 8878 3813 8870
3861 8870 3860 8815 3826 8815 3826 8837
3791 8838 3791 8871 3787 8871
$$
08The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 10:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Franklin, Williamson | 44 min |
| Jul 15, 11:11 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Perry | 17 min |
| Jul 15, 11:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Perry | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 1:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jefferson | 6 hr |
| Jul 16, 2:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Perry | 6 hr |
| Jul 16, 6:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 6 hr |
| Jul 16, 7:52 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Jefferson, Saline | 4 min |
| Jul 16, 8:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Jefferson | 110 min |
| Jul 16, 12:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Jefferson | 46 min |
| Jul 16, 12:43 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Wayne | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 12:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Hamilton | 47 min |
| Jul 16, 1:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson | 114 min |
| Jul 16, 1:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 115 min |
| Jul 16, 2:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Hamilton, Wayne, White | 116 min |
| Jul 16, 2:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash, White | 118 min |
| Jul 16, 2:28 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Jackson, Perry | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 3:16 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 3:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Perry | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 4:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Perry | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 4:46 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Jackson, Saline, Williamson | 119 min |
| Jul 16, 4:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wabash, White | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 6:12 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Perry | 13 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.