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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Louisville, KY

December 15, 2007Breckinridge County, Hancock County, Kentucky; Perry County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Dec 15, 2007, 9:59 AM CST for Breckinridge County, Hancock County, Kentucky; Perry County, Indiana. It took effect at Dec 19, 2007, 4:00 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 15, 2007, 9:59 AM CST (15:59 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 19, 2007, 4:00 AM CST
Expired: Dec 17, 2007, 8:59 PM CST
In force
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 15:58 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 river

Written for the forecast point Ohio River at Cannelton Lock and Dam (CNNI3).

Action stage: 40 ft
Minor stage: 42 ft
Moderate stage: 46 ft
Major stage: 50 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03303280, 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 15, 8:32 AM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 8:32 AM CST, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 15, 8:12 AM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 15, 8:39 AM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
939 AM EST SAT DEC 15 2007

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-151645-
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...
JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...
BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...
MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...
BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...
CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...VERSAILLES...
LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...SPRINGFIELD...
HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...HODGENVILLE...
LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...MORGANTOWN...
BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...CAMPBELLSVILLE...
LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...
SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...
JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
939 AM EST SAT DEC 15 2007 /839 AM CST SAT DEC 15 2007/

...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND
SOUTHERN INDIANA THIS MORNING...

REPORTS FROM BOTH OFFICIAL AND VOLUNTEER SOURCES THROUGHOUT
CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN INDIANA INDICATE A MULTITUDE OF
WINTER PRECIPITATION CONDITIONS OCCURRING THIS MORNING. FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WERE OCCURRING IN MANY LOCATIONS NORTH OF
THE BLUEGRASS PARKWAY IN KENTUCKY...THOUGH LOCATIONS AS FAR NORTH
AS THE OHIO RIVER IN OLDHAM COUNTY WERE STILL SEEING LIQUID
RAINFALL.

NORTH OF THE OHIO RIVER...SNOW AND SLEET WERE THE MOST COMMON
FORMS OF PRECIPITATION. 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW WAS REPORTED NEAR
NEW PEKIN IN WASHINGTON COUNTY...WITH AN INCH OF SLUSHY SNOW ON
THE ROADS NEAR ENGLISH IN CRAWFORD COUNTY.

YOU ARE ..STRONGLY.. URGED TO DELAY ANY UNNECESSARY TRAVEL THIS
MORNING IN NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTHERN INDIANA.

WHILE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO WARM EVER SO SLIGHTLY DURING
THE DAY...SLICK ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH AT LEAST MID DAY. NUMEROUS TRAFFIC
ACCIDENTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED...AND MORE ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR. THE
SAFEST WAY TO AVOID BEING IN ONE OF THEM IS TO STAY OFF THE ROADS
UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE.

FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION...INCLUDING FORECASTS AND
DOPPLER RADAR...GO TO HTTP://WEATHER.GOV. FOR ROAD CONDITIONS IN
KENTUCKY VISIT HTTP://511.KY.GOV AND IN INDIANA GO TO
HTTP://WWW.IN.GOV/INDOT.

SULLIVAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 15, 3:00 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Harrison, Henry and 7 more	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.