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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Paducah, KY

February 28, 2021Fulton County, Hickman County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Feb 28, 2021, 2:10 PM CST for Fulton County, Hickman County, Kentucky. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report 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: Feb 28, 2021, 2:10 PM CST (20:10 UTC)
Expired: Feb 28, 2021, 8:15 PM CST
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Fulton County, KY, Hickman County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Feb 28, 6:15 PM CST	HEAVY RAIN 4.77	2 N Fulton, KY	STORM TOTAL FROM RAIN GAUGE JUST NORTH OF DOWNTOWN FULTON. STREETS IN DOWNTOWN FULTON WERE CLOSED FOR THE SECOND TIME TODAY BECAUSE OF HIGH WATER FROM HARRIS FORK CREEK.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 207 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: 448 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 396 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 396 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

537 
WGUS53 KPAH 282010
FFWPAH
KYC075-105-010215-
/O.NEW.KPAH.FF.W.0005.210228T2010Z-210301T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
210 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Fulton County in western Kentucky...
  Southern Hickman County in western Kentucky...

* Until 815 PM CST Sunday.

* At 210 PM CST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. This area received considerable 
  heavy rainfall this morning, and this additional rain will cause 
  flash flooding to develop quickly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Doppler radar.

  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...
  Fulton, Hickman, Cayce and Boundurant.

This includes the following highways...
	Interstate 69 in Kentucky between Mile Markers 1 and 8.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you 
can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3665 8917 3663 8882 3650 8882 3651 8930
      3650 8942 3661 8938 3663 8936 3663 8933
      3657 8926 3658 8922 3663 8920

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...0.5-1.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR 

$$

DWS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 28, 2:28 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Henderson, Union	2 hr
Feb 28, 5:16 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Daviess, Henderson, Union	5 hr
Feb 28, 6:12 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Calloway, Graves	33 min
Feb 28, 6:45 AM CST	Tornado Warning	PAH	Calloway, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg	9 min
Feb 28, 7:31 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Calloway, Graves	54 min
Feb 28, 8:23 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Calloway, Graves, Marshall, Trigg	12 hr
Feb 28, 8:51 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Christian, Todd	6 hr
Feb 28, 10:03 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	McLean, Webster	15 days
Feb 28, 10:43 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Christian, Trigg	9 hr
Feb 28, 10:49 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Christian, Trigg	20 hr
Feb 28, 11:22 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Daviess, Henderson	12 days
Feb 28, 11:22 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Crittenden, Union	17 days
Feb 28, 11:22 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Union	15 days
Feb 28, 11:22 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Henderson, Union	21 days
Feb 28, 11:22 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Ballard	40 days
Feb 28, 11:22 AM CST	River Flood Warning	PAH	Ballard, Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman	41 days
Feb 28, 1:07 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Todd	23 min
Feb 28, 1:16 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Christian	29 min
Feb 28, 2:04 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Todd	26 min
Feb 28, 2:50 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threat	PAH	Todd	6 hr
Feb 28, 2:58 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Christian	6 hr
Feb 28, 5:14 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Daviess, McLean	16 min
Feb 28, 5:28 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Todd	32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.