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Flash Flood Warning 84, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 14, 2023, 2:53 AM CDT for 5 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 4 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 14, 2023, 2:53 AM CDT (07:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2023, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bollinger County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 257 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
- 2633 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
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 14, 12:42 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 12:42 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 14, 1:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
134 AM CDT Mon Aug 14 2023
MOZ086-100-140700-
Wayne MO-Bollinger MO-
134 AM CDT Mon Aug 14 2023
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southern Bollinger
and east central Wayne Counties through 200 AM CDT...
At 133 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles north of Puxico, or 12 miles west of Advance, moving northeast
at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
Grassy around 145 AM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this storm include Marble Hill and
Leopold.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 500 AM CDT for
southeastern Missouri.
&&
LAT...LON 3707 9029 3754 8988 3716 8987 3713 8994
3713 8996 3706 8997 3704 9011 3704 9015
TIME...MOT...LOC 0633Z 218DEG 40KT 3709 9014
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
DRSSpecial weather statement, Aug 14, 1:46 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
146 AM CDT Mon Aug 14 2023
MOZ110-111-140715-
Stoddard MO-Scott MO-
146 AM CDT Mon Aug 14 2023
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of west central Scott
and northern Stoddard Counties through 215 AM CDT...
At 145 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Bloomfield, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
Bell City around 205 AM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this storm include Advance and Oran.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 9015 3704 9007 3704 9000 3706 8999
3705 8996 3710 8996 3713 8990 3708 8958
3679 8989
TIME...MOT...LOC 0645Z 212DEG 25KT 3690 8992
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
DRSSpecial weather statement, Aug 14, 2:27 AM CDT, 26 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
227 AM CDT Mon Aug 14 2023
ILZ092-MOZ087-110-111-140800-
Alexander IL-Stoddard MO-Cape Girardeau MO-Scott MO-
227 AM CDT Mon Aug 14 2023
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern
Alexander, northwestern Scott, southeastern Cape Girardeau and
northeastern Stoddard Counties through 300 AM CDT...
At 227 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Oran, moving northeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
Morley around 230 AM CDT.
Oran around 235 AM CDT.
Benton and Delta around 240 AM CDT.
Chaffee around 245 AM CDT.
Other locations in the path of this storm include Kelso, Dutchtown,
Scott City, Gordonville, Cape Girardeau Airport, Cape Girardeau and
Jackson.
This includes Interstate 55 between Mile Markers 82 and 102.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3697 8972 3709 8988 3741 8959 3722 8935
TIME...MOT...LOC 0727Z 222DEG 26KT 3709 8974
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
DRSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 3:45 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Ballard, McCracken | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 4:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Graves, Livingston, McCracken, Marshall | 17 min |
| Aug 14, 4:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Caldwell, Calloway, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Livingston and 3 more | 48 min |
| Aug 14, 5:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Christian, Daviess, McLean, Muhlenberg, Todd | 39 min |
| Aug 14, 6:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Carlisle, Graves, Hickman | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Wayne | 45 min |
| Aug 13, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | White | 30 min |
| Aug 13, 7:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Hamilton | 26 min |
| Aug 13, 7:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Gallatin | 30 min |
| Aug 13, 8:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Hamilton | 30 min |
| Aug 13, 8:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Saline | 42 min |
| Aug 13, 8:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Gallatin | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 12:40 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Bollinger, Wayne | 28 min |
| Aug 14, 1:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Aug 14, 1:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Bollinger | 26 min |
| Aug 14, 1:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Stoddard | 29 min |
| Aug 14, 2:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Cape Girardeau, Scott | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Scott | 33 min |
| Aug 14, 7:09 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Scott, Stoddard, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 10:11 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | PAH | Wayne | 23 hr |
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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.