NWS Paducah KYFF.W 0084August 19, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Pulaski, Ballard and Mississippi County, IL and KY
The National Weather Service office in Paducah issued a flash flood warning for Pulaski, Ballard and Mississippi County in Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, which was in force until 6:00 a.m. local time on August 20. It was the 84th flash flood warning the NWS office in Paducah issued in 2026. Illinois had 56 flash flood warnings in August 2026, against 16 in an average August of 2008-2025 (Illinois's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 6.1 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Paducah KY
- Area
- Pulaski, Ballard and Mississippi County
- State
- Illinois
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 11:57 p.m. CDT, August 19, 2026
- Expires
- 6:00 a.m. CDT, August 20, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KPAH FF.W 0084
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
FFWPAH The National Weather Service in Paducah has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Pulaski County in southern Illinois... Ballard County in western Kentucky... Northern Mississippi County in southeastern Missouri... * Until 600 AM CDT Thursday. * At 1157 PM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Charleston, La Center, Wickliffe, Bertrand, Mounds, Barlow, Mound City, Wyatt, Lovelaceville, Kevil, Olmsted, New Grand Chain, Pulaski, Wilson City and Blandville. This includes the following streams and drainages... Thomas Creek, Little Shawnee Creek, Boar Creek, Stovall Creek, Clanton Creek, Gray Creek, Cane Creek, Humphrey Creek, Saint Johns Diversion Ditch, Mayfield Creek, Mississippi River, Redstone Creek, Stevenson Bayou, Billington Creek, Nasty Creek, Cache River, Mill Creek, Hartline Creek, Humphrey Branch, Buckler Creek, Hess Bayou, Post Creek Cutoff, Gar Creek, Cypress Slough, Hanley Creek, Pulaski Slough, Sugar Creek, Ohio River, Wilson Creek, Hodges Creek and North Cut Ditch.
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.