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Flash Flood Warning 65, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Dec 11, 2021, 1:46 AM CST for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 8 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
- Dec 11, 2021, 1:46 AM CST (07:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 11, 2021, 9:45 AM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Calloway County, KY, Christian County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY
The radar
The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:47 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 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 130 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
- 182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 593 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 391 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted.
340
WGUS53 KPAH 110746
FFWPAH
KYC035-047-219-221-111545-
/O.NEW.KPAH.FF.W.0065.211211T0746Z-211211T1545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Paducah KY
Issued by National Weather Service Springfield MO
146 AM CST Sat Dec 11 2021
The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Calloway County in western Kentucky...
Christian County in south central Kentucky...
Southern Trigg County in western Kentucky...
Todd County in south central Kentucky...
* Until 945 AM CST Saturday.
* At 144 AM CST, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. 1 to 4 inches of rain have
fallen with additional rain expected later tonight. Flash flooding
is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other
drainage and low lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Clarksville... Hopkinsville...
Murray... Oak Grove...
Elkton... Guthrie...
Pembroke... Hazel...
Trenton... Lafayette...
Fort Campbell... Justice...
New Concord... Everett...
Linton... Allensville...
Allegre... Harris Grove...
Clifty... Herndon...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3660 8848 3705 8725 3706 8705 3664 8706
3663 8785 3666 8785 3667 8807 3657 8804
3650 8806 3650 8849
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
CramerThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 10, 7:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg | 48 min |
| Dec 10, 8:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg | 41 min |
| Dec 10, 8:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Trigg | 34 min |
| Dec 10, 8:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Fulton, Hickman | 61 min |
| Dec 10, 8:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg | 42 min |
| Dec 10, 9:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Graves, Marshall | 40 min |
| Dec 10, 9:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard | 39 min |
| Dec 10, 9:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | McLean, Muhlenberg | 20 min |
| Dec 10, 9:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Graves | 9 min |
| Dec 10, 9:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Graves, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall | 50 min |
| Dec 10, 9:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Marshall | 15 min |
| Dec 10, 9:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, McCracken | 41 min |
| Dec 10, 10:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Lyon | 51 min |
| Dec 10, 10:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell | 13 min |
| Dec 10, 10:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Livingston | 45 min |
| Dec 10, 10:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Hopkins | 29 min |
| Dec 10, 10:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg | 39 min |
| Dec 10, 10:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Hopkins, Muhlenberg | 31 min |
| Dec 10, 10:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | McLean, Muhlenberg | 17 min |
| Dec 10, 11:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Crittenden, Hopkins, Union, Webster | 36 min |
| Dec 10, 11:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Webster | 28 min |
| Dec 10, 11:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Daviess, Henderson, McLean, Webster | 34 min |
| Dec 10, 11:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Calloway | 15 min |
| Dec 11, 12:03 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 42 min |
| Dec 11, 12:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | PAH | Todd | 21 min |
| Dec 11, 1:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd | 26 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.