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Flash Flood Warning 89, NWS Paducah, KY
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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.
- 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
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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 5:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Calloway | 51 min |
| Sep 23, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Calloway | 21 min |
| Sep 23, 12:26 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | PAH | Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Jackson, Jefferson and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 23, 12:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Butler, Carter, Ripley, Wayne | 5 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.