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Flash Flood Warning 56, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 27, 2021, 6:48 PM CDT for Edwards County, Illinois. It was in force for 61 min. 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 27, 2021, 6:48 PM CDT (23:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2021, 7:49 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Edwards County, IL
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 535 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -141 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1109 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
327
WGUS53 KPAH 272348
FFWPAH
ILC047-280245-
/O.NEW.KPAH.FF.W.0056.210827T2348Z-210828T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
648 PM CDT Fri Aug 27 2021
The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southern Edwards County in southeastern Illinois...
* Until 945 PM CDT.
* At 648 PM 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 0.5 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...
Albion and Browns.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3840 8815 3840 8798 3840 8797 3839 8797
3839 8798 3837 8798 3835 8797 3835 8796
3834 8795 3828 8815
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
AL1 follow-up statement
486
WGUS73 KPAH 280049
FFSPAH
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
749 PM CDT Fri Aug 27 2021
ILC047-280059-
/O.CAN.KPAH.FF.W.0056.000000T0000Z-210828T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Edwards IL-
749 PM CDT Fri Aug 27 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN EDWARDS COUNTY...
Flood waters have receded. The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no
longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining
road closures.
LAT...LON 3840 8815 3840 8798 3840 8797 3839 8797
3839 8798 3837 8798 3835 8797 3835 8796
3834 8795 3828 8815
$$
ALThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 4:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Edwards | 23 min |
| Aug 27, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Edwards | 28 min |
| Aug 27, 4:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Edwards, Wabash | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 5:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Wayne, White | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 6:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Hamilton | 25 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.