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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Paducah, KY

August 4, 2022Butler County, Ripley County, Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 4, 2022, 5:15 AM CDT for Butler County, Ripley County, Missouri. 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 4, 2022, 5:15 AM CDT (10:15 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2022, 7:40 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Butler County, MO, Ripley County, MO

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 283 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1347 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2276 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Paducah, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 4, 3:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 3:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 4:46 AM CDT, 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 4, 3:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 4:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 4:52 AM CDT, 23 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 4, 12:25 PM CDT	Flood Watch	PAH	Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more	22 hr
Aug 4, 12:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Henderson, Union	3 hr
Aug 4, 2:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Daviess	3 hr
Aug 3, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Wayne	38 min
Aug 3, 7:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Perry	45 min
Aug 4, 2:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Jackson	3 hr
Aug 4, 3:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Williamson	3 hr
Aug 4, 10:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Franklin, Saline, Williamson	3 hr
Aug 4, 10:44 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Franklin, Williamson	4 hr
Aug 4, 11:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Hamilton	3 hr
Aug 4, 1:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Edwards, Wabash	3 hr
Aug 4, 3:32 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Wayne	43 min
Aug 4, 3:54 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Bollinger, Carter, Wayne	32 min
Aug 4, 4:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Bollinger, Carter, Wayne	43 min
Aug 4, 4:26 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Carter, Wayne	3 hr
Aug 4, 4:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Butler, Ripley	35 min
Aug 4, 4:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Butler, Ripley	38 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.