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Flash Flood Warning 80, NWS Paducah, KY

August 4, 2023Fulton County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 4, 2023, 6:34 AM CDT for Fulton 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 4, 2023, 6:34 AM CDT (11:34 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2023, 12:30 PM CDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Emergency: Flash flood emergency
Damage threat: Catastrophic
Flood severity: None

County Fulton County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 3, 6:28 PM CDT, 12 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 6:28 PM CDT, 12 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 1:03 PM CDT, 17 hours 31 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, 12:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Fulton	24 min
Aug 4, 12:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Hickman	31 min
Aug 4, 1:18 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	PAH	Christian, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg and 3 more	4 hr
Aug 4, 1:29 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Fulton, Hickman	11 hr
Aug 4, 1:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Fulton, Hickman	51 min
Aug 4, 3:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Carlisle	42 min
Aug 4, 10:09 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Christian, Todd	35 min
Aug 4, 10:43 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Christian, Todd	3 hr
Aug 4, 12:29 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	Carlisle, Fulton, Hickman	5 hr
Aug 4, 12:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Stoddard	37 min
Aug 4, 4:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Scott, Stoddard, Wayne	47 min
Aug 4, 4:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Scott, Stoddard	8 hr
Aug 4, 4:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Mississippi	47 min
Aug 4, 6:05 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	PAH	Bollinger, Stoddard, Wayne	6 hr
Aug 4, 7:45 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	PAH	New Madrid, Stoddard	5 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.