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Flash Flood Warning 81, NWS Paducah, KY

July 27, 2026Crittenden County, Union County, Kentucky; Hardin County, Illinois

NWS Paducah, KY issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2026, 2:54 AM CDT for Crittenden County, Union County, Kentucky; Hardin County, Illinois. It was in force for 119 min. 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 27, 2026, 2:54 AM CDT (07:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 2026, 4:53 AM CDT
In force
119 min
Issued by
NWS Paducah, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Hardin County, IL, Crittenden County, KY, Union County, KY

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 204 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2026-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2362 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2026-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 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
2362 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1178 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.7

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPAHCaldwell, Christian, Hopkins, McLean, Muhlenberg, Todd and 1 more39 min
Jul 26, 7:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatPAHCrittenden, Livingston, Union41 min
Jul 26, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPAHCaldwell, Christian, Hopkins, Muhlenberg, Todd65 min
Jul 26, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPAHCaldwell, Crittenden, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall, Trigg43 min
Jul 26, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCaldwell, Calloway, Christian, Livingston, Lyon, Marshall and 1 more54 min
Jul 26, 8:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCrittenden, Livingston47 min
Jul 26, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHChristian, Todd30 min
Jul 26, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHLivingston48 min
Jul 26, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHLivingston, McCracken, Marshall40 min
Jul 26, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGraves, McCracken, Marshall46 min
Jul 26, 10:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCalloway, Graves32 min
Jul 26, 11:39 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHHenderson5 hr
Jul 26, 11:52 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHUnion5 hr
Jul 27, 12:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHWebster4 hr
Jul 27, 12:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHCaldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, Lyon, Trigg and 1 more63 min
Jul 27, 12:32 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryPAHCaldwell, Christian, Daviess, Henderson, Hopkins, McLean and 4 more42 hr
Jul 27, 2:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHCrittenden, Union35 min
Jul 27, 2:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHLivingston44 min
Jul 27, 3:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHLivingston20 min
Jul 26, 10:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWabash52 min
Jul 26, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWabash33 min
Jul 27, 12:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningPAHEdwards, Wabash3 hr
Jul 27, 1:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementPAHEdwards62 min
Jul 27, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHGallatin, Hamilton, Saline, White47 min
Jul 27, 4:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPAHWayne41 min
Jul 27, 4:16 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHWayne119 min
Jul 27, 4:56 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPAHHamilton56 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.