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Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Paducah, KY

August 21, 2021Vanderburgh County, Indiana

NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 21, 2021, 4:34 PM CDT for Vanderburgh County, Indiana. It was in force for 2 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 21, 2021, 4:34 PM CDT (21:34 UTC)
Expired
Aug 21, 2021, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Vanderburgh County, IN

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 230 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2021-08-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1243 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2021-08-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1243 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
488 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

As transmitted.

472 
WGUS53 KPAH 212134
FFWPAH
INC163-220000-
/O.NEW.KPAH.FF.W.0055.210821T2134Z-210822T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
434 PM CDT Sat Aug 21 2021

The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Vanderburgh County in southwestern Indiana...

* Until 700 PM CDT.

* At 434 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. 2 to 2.5 inches of rain have 
  fallen across eastern portions of Evansville. 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...
  Evansville, Newburgh, Melody Hill and Darmstadt.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law 
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National 
Weather Service when you can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3816 8769 3817 8767 3817 8747 3804 8747
      3803 8745 3794 8745 3791 8751 3793 8756
      3801 8759

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

SP
1 follow-up statement
833 
WGUS73 KPAH 212356
FFSPAH

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
656 PM CDT Sat Aug 21 2021

INC163-220006-
/O.EXP.KPAH.FF.W.0055.000000T0000Z-210822T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Vanderburgh IN-
656 PM CDT Sat Aug 21 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR 
VANDERBURGH COUNTY...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3816 8769 3817 8767 3817 8747 3804 8747
      3803 8745 3794 8745 3791 8751 3793 8756
      3801 8759

$$

DRS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 21, 3:53 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHVanderburgh41 min

Nearby

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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.