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Flash Flood Warning 89, NWS Paducah, KY

September 23, 20254 counties in Missouri

NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Sep 23, 2025, 8:50 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
Sep 23, 2025, 8:50 AM CDT (13:50 UTC)
Expired
Sep 23, 2025, 11:45 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 13:51 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 1.8 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2025-09-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1673 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2025-09-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1673 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
871 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.2

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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 Sep 23, 6:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 23, 6:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 23, 2:04 AM CDT, 6 hours 46 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Paducah KY
204 AM CDT Tue Sep 23 2025

ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087-
100-107>112-114-240715-
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-
204 AM CDT Tue Sep 23 2025 /304 AM EDT Tue Sep 23 2025/

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Areas of dense fog will be possible through early this morning,
particularly along and north of a line from Cape Girardeau to
Evansville.

At least a couple of rounds of showers and thunderstorms is
expected today and again overnight tonight. A few storms could
briefly become severe with large hail the main threat, isolated
damaging winds are also possible. The thunderstorms will be
capable of heavy rain and localized flash flooding will also be
possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

The risk for at least a few thunderstorms continues through
Wednesday afternoon. A few storms could become severe with hail
and wind the main threat. Locally heavy rain and isolated flash
flooding will remain possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Formal spotter activation is not anticipated, but spotters are
encouraged to report significant weather according to standard
operating procedure.

JGG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 23, 5:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHCalloway51 min
Sep 23, 6:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHCalloway21 min
Sep 23, 12:26 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryPAHEdwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson and 7 more7 hr
Sep 23, 12:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHButler, Carter, Ripley, Wayne5 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.