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Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this red flag warning at Mar 18, 2025, 9:06 PM CDT for 12 counties in Illinois; 13 counties in Missouri. It took effect at Mar 19, 2025, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 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
- Mar 18, 2025, 9:06 PM CDT (02:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 19, 2025, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2025, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
All 25 counties
Alexander County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wayne County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Perry County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Scott County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:11 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
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 285 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2176 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 334 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag 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 red flag warning went out at Mar 18, 6:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 6:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 12:22 PM CDT, 8 hours 44 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Paducah KY 1222 PM CDT Tue Mar 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- 1222 PM CDT Tue Mar 18 2025 /122 PM EDT Tue Mar 18 2025/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky, and southeast Missouri. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight A red flag warning remains in effect until 8 PM CDT for the southeast Missouri Ozarks. In addition, a special weather statement addresses the heightened fire danger across the remainder of the region. More specifics can be found by referencing the associated warning and special weather statement. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday A wind advisory is in effect Wednesday...refer to the advisory for details. Fire danger will again be heightened across the entire region Wednesday. Thunderstorms are forecast Wednesday, and there is potential for some strong to severe storms Wednesday afternoon and evening. All modes of severe weather will be possible. A risk of severe weather may develop again next Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed Wednesday afternoon and evening.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 8:59 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | PAH | McLean, Webster | 64 hr |
| Mar 19, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Henderson | 36 min |
| Mar 19, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Caldwell, Hopkins, Lyon, Webster | 44 min |
| Mar 19, 4:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Wayne | 23 min |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Missouri, 2025Red Flag Warnings in Illinois, 2025Every red flag warning in 2025
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.