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Flash Flood Warning 76, NWS Paducah, KY

July 26, 2026Daviess County, Kentucky

NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2026, 6:59 PM CDT for Daviess County, Kentucky. 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
Jul 26, 2026, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 2026, 9:44 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Daviess County, KY

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 299 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2026-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2909 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2026-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 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
2909 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
648 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
181 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
11.8

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 11:30 PM CDTExtreme Heat WarningPAHBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more68 hr
Jul 25, 11:44 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryPAHBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more25 hr
Jul 26, 5:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHenderson, Union63 min
Jul 26, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHDaviess, Henderson41 min
Jul 26, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPAHCrittenden, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean, Union, Webster46 min
Jul 26, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatPAHCaldwell, Crittenden, Henderson, Hopkins, Union, Webster46 min
Jul 26, 6:44 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHHenderson, McLean, Union, Webster3 hr
Jul 26, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHDaviess, McLean, Muhlenberg29 min
Jul 26, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHEdwards, Wayne33 min
Jul 26, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHEdwards, Wabash, White47 min
Jul 26, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHHamilton, Wayne, White48 min
Jul 26, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGallatin, Hamilton, Saline, White50 min

Nearby

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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.