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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Louisville, KY

February 7, 2008Breckinridge County, Hancock County, Kentucky; Perry County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 7, 2008, 11:53 AM CST for Breckinridge County, Hancock County, Kentucky; Perry County, Indiana. It took effect at Feb 8, 2008, 9:09 PM CST. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 7, 2008, 11:53 AM CST (17:53 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 8, 2008, 9:09 PM CST
Expired
Feb 14, 2008, 7:00 AM CST
In force
5 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 17:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Feb 6, 5:19 PM CST, 18 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 5:19 PM CST, 18 hours 34 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 7, 8:40 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLMKHart13 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2008River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2008Every river flood warning in 2008

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.