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Flash Flood Warning 69, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 2025, 1:31 AM CDT for Ballard County, McCracken County, Kentucky. 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
- Jun 19, 2025, 1:31 AM CDT (06:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2025, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Ballard County, KY, McCracken County, KY
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 1827 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1221 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
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 Jun 18, 11:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 11:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Paducah KY 428 PM CDT Wed Jun 18 2025 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-191000- 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- 428 PM CDT Wed Jun 18 2025 /528 PM EDT Wed Jun 18 2025/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky, and southeast Missouri. .DAY ONE...Tonight A few strong to severe thunderstorms remain possible through sunset. Damaging winds will be the main severe concern, but large hail and a brief tornado cannot be ruled out. Additional thunderstorms will be possible late this evening and overnight, but they are not expected to be severe. A Lake Wind Advisory continues for much of the Quad State through 7 PM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday Dangerous, prolonged heat and humidity will arrive Saturday and continue through at least Tuesday. Daily peak heat index values of 100 to 106 degrees are forecast with only limited relief at night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation could still be needed through sunset over most of the Quad State. DRS
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Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Muhlenberg, Todd | 19 min |
| Jun 18, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Muhlenberg | 11 min |
| Jun 19, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Calloway, Graves, Marshall | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg | 33 min |
| Jun 19, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Trigg | 25 min |
| Jun 19, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 25 min |
| Jun 19, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Trigg | 21 min |
| Jun 19, 1:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Christian, Todd, Trigg | 31 min |
| Jun 19, 1:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Christian | 3 hr |
| Jun 19, 1:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Todd | 36 min |
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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.