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River Flood Warning 26, NWS Louisville, KY

March 18, 2008Ohio County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Mar 18, 2008, 10:08 AM CDT for Ohio County, Kentucky. It took effect at Mar 19, 2008, 12:01 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 18, 2008, 10:08 AM CDT (15:08 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 19, 2008, 12:01 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 18, 2008, 9:43 PM CDT
In force
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 26.09 ft at Mar 19, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT.

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 Mar 18, 8:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 8:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 18, 9:41 AM CDT, 27 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1041 AM EDT TUE MAR 18 2008

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>026-030>033-181645-
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-JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-
TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...
JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...
BEAVER DAM...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...BEDFORD...NEW CASTLE
1041 AM EDT TUE MAR 18 2008 /941 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2008/

HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA AND PORTIONS
OF NORTHERN KENTUCKY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER CORYDON INDIANA
TO CHARLESTOWN AND EAST TO BEDFORD KENTUCKY. RAINFALL RATES FROM ONE
THIRD TO HALF AN INCH PER HOUR. HEAVY RAIN AND EMBEDED THUNDERSTORMS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH NOON. DRIVERS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION NOT
DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

NF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 18, 11:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Trimble	44 hr
Mar 18, 11:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Jefferson	5 days
Mar 18, 11:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Jefferson	5 days
Mar 18, 11:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock	9 days
Mar 18, 11:25 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock	9 days
Mar 18, 3:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LMK	Breckinridge, Franklin, Hancock, Henry, Jefferson, Meade and 4 more	23 hr
Mar 18, 3:38 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Henry, Oldham, Trimble	6 hr
Mar 18, 10:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Scott	50 hr
Mar 18, 3:57 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Harrison, Washington	45 hr

Nearby

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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.