Alert archive / Illinois / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 9, 2021, 5:28 AM CDT for Edwards County, Wabash County, Illinois. 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 2021, 5:28 AM CDT (10:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2021, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Edwards County, IL, Wabash County, IL
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 2009 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1044 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.4
The text
As transmitted.
968
WGUS53 KPAH 091028
FFWPAH
ILC047-185-091300-
/O.NEW.KPAH.FF.W.0046.210809T1028Z-210809T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
528 AM CDT Mon Aug 9 2021
The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Edwards County in southeastern Illinois...
Wabash County in southeastern Illinois...
* Until 800 AM CDT.
* At 528 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain
have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches 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...
Mount Carmel, Albion, Grayville, Lancaster, West Salem, Allendale,
Bellmont, Bone Gap, Keensburg and Browns.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3826 8815 3857 8815 3857 8767 3830 8791
3829 8794 3827 8795 3826 8794 3826 8795
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
PS1 follow-up statement
134
WGUS73 KPAH 091145
FFSPAH
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
645 AM CDT Mon Aug 9 2021
ILC047-185-091300-
/O.CON.KPAH.FF.W.0046.000000T0000Z-210809T1300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Edwards IL-Wabash IL-
645 AM CDT Mon Aug 9 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM CDT THIS MORNING
FOR EDWARDS AND WABASH COUNTIES...
At 645 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated showers and thunderstorms
producing heavy rain over southern Edwards and most of Wabash
county. Between 1 and 4 inches of rain have fallen. Additional
rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash
flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Mount Carmel, Albion, Grayville, Lancaster, West Salem, Allendale,
Bellmont, Bone Gap, Keensburg and Browns.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3826 8815 3857 8815 3857 8767 3830 8791
3829 8794 3827 8795 3826 8794 3826 8795
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
PSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 4:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 9, 8:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Edwards, Wayne | 2 hr |
| Aug 9, 1:53 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | PAH | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 13 more | 3 days |
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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.