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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Feb 28, 2021, 2:50 PM CST for Todd County, Kentucky. It was in force for 6 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
- Feb 28, 2021, 2:50 PM CST (20:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2021, 9:00 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Emergency
- Flash flood emergency
- Damage threat
- Catastrophic
- Flood severity
- None
County Todd County, KY
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 695 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 480 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 488 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
118
WGUS53 KPAH 282050
FFWPAH
KYC219-010300-
/O.NEW.KPAH.FF.W.0006.210228T2050Z-210301T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
250 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021
...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR CENTRAL TODD COUNTY...INCLUDING
ELKTON...
The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Todd County in south central Kentucky...
* Until 900 PM CST Sunday.
* At 250 PM CST, emergency management reported evacuation of several
homes in Elkton. Widespread flash flooding of small streams across
both rural and urban areas is occurring. Between 4 and 6 inches of
rain have fallen. Additional rounds of heavy rain are expected to
move through Todd County through early this evening, which will
only make the ongoing flooding situation worse.
This is a FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for Central Todd County...
including Elkton. This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND NOW!
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
producing flash flooding.
SOURCE...Emergency management.
IMPACT...This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK
HIGHER GROUND NOW! Life threatening flash flooding of
low water crossings, small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Elkton, Clarksville, Guthrie, Trenton, Allegre, Justice,
Allensville and Clifty.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to higher ground now! This is an extremely dangerous and
life-threatening situation. Do not attempt to travel unless you are
fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3707 8726 3707 8725 3706 8725 3704 8725
3704 8726 3704 8713 3706 8705 3679 8706
3677 8705 3675 8706 3664 8706 3664 8734
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
EXPECTED RAINFALL...0.5-1.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
DWS1 follow-up statement
681
WGUS73 KPAH 010052
FFSPAH
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
652 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021
KYC219-010300-
/O.CON.KPAH.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210301T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Todd KY-
652 PM CST Sun Feb 28 2021
...FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR CENTRAL TODD COUNTY...INCLUDING
ELKTON...
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING
FOR TODD COUNTY...
At 652 PM CST, Emergency management at 650 PM reported significant
flooding continued across the warned area. Persons were still
displaced from their residences and water levels were observed to be
rising in some areas.
This is a FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY for Central Todd County...including
Elkton. This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SEEK HIGHER
GROUND NOW!
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
flash flooding.
SOURCE...Emergency management.
IMPACT...This is a PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. Life
threatening flash flooding of low water crossings, small
creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and
underpasses.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Elkton, Clarksville, Guthrie, Trenton, Allegre, Justice,
Allensville and Clifty.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
This is an extremely dangerous and life-threatening situation. Do
not attempt to travel unless you are fleeing an area subject to
flooding or under an evacuation order.
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3707 8726 3707 8725 3706 8725 3704 8725
3704 8726 3704 8713 3706 8705 3679 8706
3677 8705 3675 8706 3664 8706 3664 8734
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CATASTROPHIC
$$
08The 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, 2:10 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Fulton, Hickman | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.