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Flash Flood Warning 73, NWS Paducah, KY

August 16, 20244 counties in Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 2024, 3:01 AM CDT for 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 3 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 16, 2024, 3:01 AM CDT (08:01 UTC)
Expired: Aug 16, 2024, 6:25 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Butler County, MO, Carter County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Wayne County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 278 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: 2558 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1582 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 8.6

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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 15, 11:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 11:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 7:02 PM CDT, 7 hours 59 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Paducah KY
702 PM CDT Thu Aug 15 2024

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-170015-
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-
702 PM CDT Thu Aug 15 2024 /802 PM EDT Thu Aug 15 2024/

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southern
Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky, and southeast
Missouri.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Thunderstorms are possible this evening and again overnight. Some
of them may be severe with damaging winds or large hail.
Torrential rainfall may lead to localized flooding as well.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

Additional thunderstorm chances are forecast Friday into Saturday.
An isolated stronger storm cannot be ruled out.

Heat index values from 100 to 105 degrees will be possible again
Friday afternoon across southeast Missouri and adjacent parts of
southern Illinois and western Kentucky.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be needed through tonight.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 16, 12:28 AM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 16, 1:06 AM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 16, 1:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 16, 1:47 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 16, 2:11 AM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 16, 2:23 AM CDT, 38 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 15, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Ballard, McCracken	38 min
Aug 15, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Ballard, McCracken	24 min
Aug 15, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PAH	Ballard, Livingston, McCracken	45 min
Aug 15, 9:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Graves, McCracken, Marshall	49 min
Aug 15, 9:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Ballard, McCracken	3 hr
Aug 15, 7:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Union	41 min
Aug 15, 7:20 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Jackson	3 hr
Aug 15, 8:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Union	48 min
Aug 16, 1:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Hamilton	49 min
Aug 16, 1:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PAH	Hamilton, Jefferson, Wayne, White	45 min
Aug 16, 12:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Ripley	47 min
Aug 16, 1:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Butler	39 min
Aug 16, 1:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Stoddard	43 min
Aug 16, 1:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Butler, Carter, Ripley, Wayne	66 min
Aug 16, 2:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	New Madrid	49 min
Aug 16, 2:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	Butler	52 min
Aug 16, 3:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	PAH	New Madrid	53 min
Aug 16, 3:30 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PAH	Butler, Ripley	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.