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Flash Flood Warning 61, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Oct 24, 2021, 10:12 PM CDT for Bollinger County, Missouri. 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
- Oct 24, 2021, 10:12 PM CDT (03:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 25, 2021, 4:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Bollinger County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:16 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
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 303 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
- 1375 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1184 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 289 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 10.9
The text
As transmitted.
762
WGUS53 KPAH 250312
FFWPAH
MOC017-250915-
/O.NEW.KPAH.FF.W.0061.211025T0312Z-211025T0915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
1012 PM CDT Sun Oct 24 2021
The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northeastern Bollinger County in southeastern Missouri...
* Until 415 AM CDT Monday.
* At 1012 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 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...
Alliance and Patton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3756 8986 3745 9014 3754 9014 3760 9015
3760 8986
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
PS1 follow-up statement
186
WGUS73 KPAH 250525
FFSPAH
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
1225 AM CDT Mon Oct 25 2021
MOC017-250915-
/O.CON.KPAH.FF.W.0061.000000T0000Z-211025T0915Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Bollinger MO-
1225 AM CDT Mon Oct 25 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 AM CDT EARLY THIS
MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN BOLLINGER COUNTY...
At 1225 AM CDT, Between 3 and 5 inches of rain have fallen. Though
the rainfall has now ended in the warned area, it may take awhile
for any flooding to recede. Please continue to head any road
closures.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Alliance and Patton.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3756 8986 3745 9014 3754 9014 3760 9015
3760 8986
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
PSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 24, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Perry | 48 min |
| Oct 24, 9:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Perry | 57 min |
| Oct 24, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Perry | 57 min |
| Oct 24, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Perry | 48 min |
| Oct 24, 10:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Perry | 6 hr |
| Oct 24, 10:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Perry | 51 min |
| Oct 24, 10:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau | 44 min |
| Oct 24, 10:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Carter, Wayne | 38 min |
| Oct 24, 10:53 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Bollinger, Carter, Wayne | 94 min |
| Oct 24, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau | 51 min |
| Oct 24, 11:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau | 18 min |
| Oct 24, 11:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau | 25 min |
| Oct 24, 11:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Stoddard | 44 min |
| Oct 24, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau, Scott | 38 min |
| Oct 24, 11:41 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Bollinger | 3 hr |
| Oct 24, 11:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Butler | 48 min |
| Oct 25, 12:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | New Madrid | 44 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.