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River Flood Warning 29, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Mar 18, 2008, 12:25 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Kentucky; Clark County, Floyd County, Indiana. It took effect at Mar 20, 2008, 12:57 AM EDT. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 18, 2008, 12:25 PM EDT (16:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 20, 2008, 12:57 AM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2008, 9:28 PM EDT
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Clark County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Jefferson County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Ohio River at McAlpine Upper (MLUK2). The gauge peaked at 26.18 ft at Mar 21, 2008, 9:00 AM EDT.
- Action stage
- 21 ft
- Minor stage
- 23 ft
- Moderate stage
- 30 ft
- Major stage
- 38 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03293551, 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, 9:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 9:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 18, 10:41 AM EDT, 1 hour 44 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 |
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| Mar 18, 11:08 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Ohio | 12 hr |
| Mar 18, 12:25 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Trimble | 44 hr |
| Mar 18, 12:25 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 5 days |
| Mar 18, 12:25 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 9 days |
| Mar 18, 12:25 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 9 days |
| Mar 18, 4:31 PM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | LMK | Breckinridge, Franklin, Hancock, Henry, Jefferson, Meade and 4 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 18, 4:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham, Trimble | 6 hr |
| Mar 18, 11:22 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Scott | 50 hr |
| Mar 18, 4:57 PM EDT | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.