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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Louisville, KY

February 12, 2008Ohio County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 12, 2008, 5:09 PM CST for Ohio County, Kentucky. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 12, 2008, 5:09 PM CST (23:09 UTC)
Expired: Feb 14, 2008, 8:35 AM CST
In force: 39 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Flood severity: Minor

County Ohio County, KY

The river

Written for the forecast point Rough River near Dundee (DUNK2). The gauge peaked at 26.00 ft at Feb 13, 2008, 9:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 23 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 28 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03319000, 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 12, 4:58 PM CST, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 4:58 PM CST, 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 12, 3:17 PM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 12, 12:59 PM CST, 4 hours 10 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
159 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008

INZ076>079-083-084-089-KYZ023-122100-
ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN-
CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HANCOCK KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...HAWESVILLE
159 PM EST TUE FEB 12 2008 /1259 PM CST TUE FEB 12 2008/

...FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 4PM EST ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL INDIANA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY...

FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ROUGHLY ALONG
AND NORTH OF A LINE STRETCHING FROM HANCOCK COUNTY KENTUCKY
THROUGH JEFFERSON COUNTY INDIANA AS TEMPERATURES HOVER NEAR OR
JUST BELOW THE FREEZING MARK. ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP
TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH ARE LIKELY. STREETS WILL REMAIN SLICK AND
HAZARDOUS WITH SLUSH AND PONDING OF WATER. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE
CAUTION.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 12, 10:44 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Ohio	7 hr
Feb 12, 10:47 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Hardin, Nelson	50 hr
Feb 12, 10:49 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	LMK	Hancock	7 hr
Feb 12, 10:50 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Warren	24 hr
Feb 12, 10:50 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio	24 hr
Feb 12, 2:28 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	LMK	Anderson, Bourbon, Bullitt, Clark, Fayette, Franklin and 11 more	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2008 Every 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.