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River Flood Warning 42, NWS Louisville, KY

March 28, 2008Nicholas County, Robertson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Mar 28, 2008, 5:33 PM EDT for Nicholas County, Robertson County, Kentucky. It took effect at Mar 28, 2008, 7:11 PM EDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 28, 2008, 5:33 PM EDT (21:33 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 28, 2008, 7:11 PM EDT
Expired
Mar 29, 2008, 5:35 AM EDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Nicholas County, KY, Robertson County, KY

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 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 Licking River at Blue Licks Spring (BLSK2). The gauge peaked at 25.13 ft at Mar 28, 2008, 9:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
23 ft
Minor stage
25 ft
Moderate stage
42 ft
Major stage
45 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03250500, 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 28, 3:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 28, 3:22 PM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 9:44 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningLMKJefferson, Scott12 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 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.