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River Flood Warning 14, NWS Louisville, KY

December 14, 2007Breckinridge County, Hancock County, Kentucky; Perry County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Dec 14, 2007, 11:28 AM CST for Breckinridge County, Hancock County, Kentucky; Perry County, Indiana. It took effect at Dec 16, 2007, 2:15 PM CST. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 14, 2007, 11:28 AM CST (17:28 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 16, 2007, 2:15 PM CST
Expired: Dec 19, 2007, 4:29 PM CST
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Perry County, IN, Breckinridge County, KY, Hancock County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:29 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 river

Written for the forecast point Ohio River at Tell City (TELI3).

Action stage: 36 ft
Minor stage: 38 ft
Moderate stage: 44 ft
Major stage: 50 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Louisville, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Dec 14, 11:07 AM CST, 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 14, 11:07 AM CST, 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 14, 10:30 AM CST, 58 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1130 AM EST FRI DEC 14 2007

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070>078-081-082-150930-
ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN-
CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY-
BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-
JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-
SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-
FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-
MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-
GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-
TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-
ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-
CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
1130 AM EST (1030 AM CST) FRI DEC 14 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE SOUTHWESTERN HALF OF THE
REGION LATE TONIGHT. A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW IS FORECAST TO
DEVELOP AND SPREAD NORTHEAST TOWARD MORNING. THE PRECIPITATION WILL
BE GENERALLY CONFINED TO AREAS SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM JASPER
INDIANA TO BURKESVILLE KENTUCKY. SOME VERY LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS WILL
BE POSSIBLE IN GRASSY AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

AS THE SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM MOVES INTO THE REGION...A MIX OF
RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET WILL BE FOUND ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY SATURDAY MORNING. AS WARMER AIR
MOVES NORTH INTO THE REGION SATURDAY AFTERNOON...PRECIPITATION
WILL CHANGE OVER TO PLAIN RAIN. SOME MINOR ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE
POSSIBLE SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE THE EXPECTED CHANGE OVER.

HEAVY RAINS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS KENTUCKY
WITH ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL POSSIBLE. THIS RAIN...FALLING
ON ALREADY SATURATED GROUND MAY LEAD TO FLOODING PROBLEMS ON AREA
CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS.

BY SATURDAY NIGHT...THE STORM SYSTEM WILL PUSH INTO FAR EASTERN
KENTUCKY AND COLDER AIR WILL RUSH BACK INTO THE REGION. THIS
COLDER AIR WILL CHANGE THE RAIN BACK OVER TO SNOW. AS TEMPERATURES
FALL BELOW FREEZING...SNOW WILL BEGIN TO QUICKLY ACCUMULATE. AT
THIS TIME...THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE ACROSS
SOUTHERN INDIANA...MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM JASPER TO
MADISON...WHERE 3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. FOR AREAS
NORTH OF A LINE FROM HARTFORD TO RICHMOND...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF
SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...WITH COLD TEMPERATURES AND
MOIST GROUND...ROADWAYS WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS FOR TRAVEL
SATURDAY NIGHT. SLICK SPOTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ESPECIALLY ON
BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES.

SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION ON SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS AND
ANY INSTANCES OF FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SATURDAY
AND SATURDAY NIGHT.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 14, 2:21 AM CST	Flood Watch	LMK	Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more	49 hr
Dec 14, 10:28 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Edmonson	24 hr
Dec 14, 2:42 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	LMK	Anderson, Bourbon, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Clark, Fayette and 21 more	20 hr
Dec 14, 2:29 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	LMK	Dubois, Jefferson, Orange, Scott, Washington	12 hr
Dec 14, 2:42 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	LMK	Dubois, Jefferson, Orange, Scott, Washington	12 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2007 River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2007 Every river flood warning in 2007

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.