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Flash Flood Warning 50, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 2021, 10:37 AM CDT for Butler County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 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
- Aug 13, 2021, 10:37 AM CDT (15:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2021, 1:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Butler County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:38 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 12:04 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.1 | 2 Ssw Poplar Bluff, MO | 3.1” MEASURED 2 MILES SW OF POPLAR BLUFF SINCE ABOUT 9:30 THIS MORNING. |
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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 1427 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1235 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
973
WGUS53 KPAH 131537
FFWPAH
MOC023-131930-
/O.NEW.KPAH.FF.W.0050.210813T1537Z-210813T1930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
1037 AM CDT Fri Aug 13 2021
The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northeastern Butler County in southeastern Missouri...
* Until 230 PM CDT.
* At 1037 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 2 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...
Poplar Bluff, Fisk, Hendrickson and Rombauer.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3665 9042 3669 9042 3693 9054 3692 9026
3691 9026 3689 9025 3687 9025 3685 9022
3682 9022 3680 9020 3677 9021 3677 9019
3676 9019 3672 9015 3670 9015 3670 9014
3668 9015 3666 9013 3666 9015 3663 9014
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
AL1 follow-up statement
534
WGUS73 KPAH 131820
FFSPAH
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
120 PM CDT Fri Aug 13 2021
MOC023-131830-
/O.CAN.KPAH.FF.W.0050.000000T0000Z-210813T1930Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Butler MO-
120 PM CDT Fri Aug 13 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHEASTERN BUTLER COUNTY...
Flood waters have receded. The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no
longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining
road closures.
LAT...LON 3665 9042 3669 9042 3693 9054 3692 9026
3691 9026 3689 9025 3687 9025 3685 9022
3682 9022 3680 9020 3677 9021 3677 9019
3676 9019 3672 9015 3670 9015 3670 9014
3668 9015 3666 9013 3666 9015 3663 9014
$$
ALThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Perry | 52 min |
| Aug 12, 8:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Perry | 40 min |
| Aug 12, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry | 49 min |
| Aug 12, 8:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Cape Girardeau | 71 min |
| Aug 12, 9:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Cape Girardeau | 66 min |
| Aug 12, 9:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Bollinger, Carter, Wayne | 63 min |
| Aug 12, 10:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Butler, Ripley, Scott, Stoddard | 46 min |
| Aug 12, 11:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Mississippi, New Madrid | 68 min |
| Aug 13, 9:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Ripley | 23 min |
| Aug 13, 10:12 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Butler, Carter, Ripley | 2 hr |
| Aug 13, 10:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Butler | 41 min |
| Aug 13, 10:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Butler, Ripley | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 10:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Stoddard | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 11:07 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 11:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Bollinger | 3 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.