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Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Paducah, KY

June 13, 2025White County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2025, 8:39 PM CDT for White 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: Jun 13, 2025, 8:39 PM CDT (01:39 UTC)
Expired: Jun 14, 2025, 12:45 AM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Paducah, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County White County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 232 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: 44 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 651 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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 Jun 13, 6:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 6:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 2:36 AM CDT, 18 hours 3 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Paducah KY
236 AM CDT Fri Jun 13 2025

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-140745-
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-
236 AM CDT Fri Jun 13 2025 /336 AM EDT Fri Jun 13 2025/

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 are expected this afternoon.
Outside of locally heavy rainfall and lightning, some of the
stronger storms may contain gusty winds.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Daily storm chances will continue through the weekend and into
next week. Any stronger storms will have locally heavy rain and
lightning as the primary hazards.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 4:11 PM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Paducah KY
411 PM CDT Fri Jun 13 2025

INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ010>022-132245-
Posey IN-Warrick IN-Vanderburgh IN-Spencer IN-Gibson IN-Pike IN-
Todd KY-Webster KY-Union KY-Caldwell KY-McLean KY-Trigg KY-
Hopkins KY-Muhlenberg KY-Henderson KY-Crittenden KY-Christian KY-
Lyon KY-Daviess KY-
411 PM CDT Fri Jun 13 2025

...Scattered strong thunderstorms...

At 408 PM CDT/508 PM EDT/, radar indicated scattered thunderstorms
across parts of the Kentucky Pennyrile and southwest Indiana. The
strongest storms appear capable of brief gusty winds, small hail,
and torrential rainfall. A storm or two could briefly become severe
through this evening but very heavy rainfall would be the most
likely threat along with cloud to ground lightning.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3801 8680 3790 8699 3790 8691 3780 8682
      3767 8684 3747 8711 3748 8713 3734 8714
      3736 8703 3718 8690 3708 8691 3706 8705
      3664 8706 3668 8806 3813 8777 3840 8708
      3821 8707 3821 8679 3811 8678
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 236DEG 24KT 3799 8764

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

JGG

Local storm report, Jun 13, 5:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 13, 5:26 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

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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.