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Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2024, 2:34 PM CDT for Franklin County, Perry County, Illinois. 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
- Jul 16, 2024, 2:34 PM CDT (19:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Franklin County, IL, Perry County, IL
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 240 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
- 675 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 819 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
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 Jul 16, 12:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 12:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Paducah KY 535 AM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-171000- Jefferson-Wayne IL-Edwards-Wabash-Perry IL-Franklin-Hamilton- White-Jackson-Williamson-Saline-Gallatin-Union-Johnson-Pope- Hardin-Alexander-Pulaski-Massac-Gibson-Pike-Posey-Vanderburgh- Warrick-Spencer-Fulton-Hickman-Carlisle-Ballard-McCracken-Graves- Livingston-Marshall-Calloway-Crittenden-Lyon-Trigg-Caldwell- Union KY-Webster-Hopkins-Christian-Henderson-Daviess-McLean- Muhlenberg-Todd-Perry MO-Bollinger-Cape Girardeau-Wayne MO-Carter- Ripley-Butler-Stoddard-Scott-Mississippi-New Madrid- 535 AM CDT Tue Jul 16 2024 /635 AM EDT Tue Jul 16 2024/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky, and southeast Missouri. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Scattered to numerous thunderstorms will impact areas along and north of Interstate 64 this morning. Locally heavy rain and minor flooding issues will be the main impacts. Dangerous heat and humidity will continue for much of the region through early tonight. Refer to the Heat Advisory for more details. Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are forecast late this afternoon through tonight. A few strong to severe thunderstorms with damaging wind gusts are possible. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will produce heavy rainfall tonight for parts of the area. Refer to the Flood Watch for more details. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Scattered showers and thunderstorms will produce heavy rainfall through early Wednesday morning for parts of the area. Refer to the Flood Watch for more details. There is a chance of thunderstorms through much of the day Wednesday. While no severe thunderstorms are forecast, some thunderstorms may produce locally heavy rain. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation cannot be ruled out this afternoon and tonight. DWS
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Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 5:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Jefferson, Wayne | 117 min |
| Jul 16, 5:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Jefferson | 34 min |
| Jul 16, 5:57 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Jefferson | 13 hr |
| Jul 16, 7:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Jefferson, Perry | 12 hr |
| Jul 16, 8:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Jackson | 44 min |
| Jul 16, 9:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Jackson | 44 min |
| Jul 16, 12:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Franklin, Jackson, Perry | 7 hr |
| Jul 16, 12:34 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Jackson | 6 hr |
| Jul 16, 6:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | PAH | Franklin, Jefferson, Perry | 11 hr |
| Jul 16, 9:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Perry | 48 min |
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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.