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Flash Flood Warning 87, NWS Paducah, KY

August 4, 2025Hamilton County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 4, 2025, 3:20 PM CDT for Hamilton 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
Aug 4, 2025, 3:20 PM CDT (20:20 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2025, 7:06 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Hamilton County, IL

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 4, 1:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 1:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 2:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Paducah KY
200 PM CDT Mon Aug 4 2025

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-051900-
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-
200 PM CDT Mon Aug 4 2025 /300 PM EDT Mon Aug 4 2025/

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Isolated thunderstorms are possible this afternoon, mainly east
of the Mississippi River. Cloud to ground lightning and locally
heavy rain is the primary hazard.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

Additional showers and thunderstorms are possible on Tuesday with
the greatest chances east of the Mississippi River.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

DW

The office that day

Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 6:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHLivingston39 min
Aug 4, 1:34 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHEdwards3 hr
Aug 4, 1:47 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHWayne3 hr
Aug 4, 2:21 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHHamilton3 hr
Aug 4, 2:54 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHHamilton, Wayne2 hr
Aug 4, 3:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHSaline29 min
Aug 4, 4:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHJohnson49 min
Aug 4, 4:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHJohnson3 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.