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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Paducah, KY
NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2026, 12:47 AM CDT for Ripley County, Missouri. It was in force for 5 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 26, 2026, 12:47 AM CDT (05:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2026, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Paducah, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Ripley County, MO
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:47 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 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 263 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
- 519 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 455 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 5.7
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 25, 11:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 11:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Paducah KY 156 PM CDT Thu Jun 25 2026 ILZ075>078-080>094-INZ081-082-085>088-KYZ001>022-MOZ076-086-087- 100-107>112-114-261900- 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- 156 PM CDT Thu Jun 25 2026 /256 PM EDT Thu Jun 25 2026/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southern Illinois, southwest Indiana, western Kentucky, and southeast Missouri. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Thunderstorm chances increase this afternoon and continue into the evening. A few storms may become strong to severe with damaging winds being the primary hazard. Some heavy rain and flooding issues are possible. Refer to the Flood Watch for additional details. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday Additional thunderstorm chances persist Friday into Saturday. Another round of strong to severe storms are possible on Friday afternoon and evening. The Flood Watch remains in effect until Saturday morning. Dangerous heat and humidity is forecast Sunday through at least the middle of next week. Daily heat index values of 105 to 110 degrees are forecast beginning Monday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed Friday afternoon and evening. DWS
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 8:39 PM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Paducah, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 4:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle, Graves, Hickman, McCracken | 18 min |
| Jun 26, 6:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Caldwell, Christian, Trigg | 57 min |
| Jun 26, 6:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Union, Webster | 52 min |
| Jun 26, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard | 52 min |
| Jun 26, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Ballard, Carlisle | 34 min |
| Jun 26, 4:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | McCracken | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | PAH | Ballard | 23 min |
| Jun 26, 5:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Ballard | 2 hr |
| Jun 25, 8:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Johnson | 36 min |
| Jun 25, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PAH | Johnson | 24 min |
| Jun 25, 9:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Jackson, Perry | 5 hr |
| Jun 25, 10:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Jackson | 52 min |
| Jun 26, 4:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Johnson, Union | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:43 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Alexander | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Butler | 46 min |
| Jun 26, 1:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Butler | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | PAH | Ripley | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 11:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Ripley | 22 min |
| Jun 26, 11:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Butler, Carter, Ripley | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 12:18 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Butler | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:13 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PAH | Bollinger | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 2:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Cape Girardeau | 5 hr |
| Jun 26, 3:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | PAH | Scott | 4 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.