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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Aug 4, 2009, 5:04 PM EDT for Jefferson County, Scott County, Indiana. It took effect at Aug 4, 2009, 5:59 PM EDT. It was in force for 24 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 4, 2009, 5:04 PM EDT (21:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 4, 2009, 5:59 PM EDT
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2009, 6:05 PM EDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Flood severity
- Moderate
Counties Jefferson County, IN, Scott County, IN
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 Muscatatuck River at Deputy (DEPI3). The gauge peaked at 29.87 ft at Aug 5, 2009, 3:00 AM EDT.
- Action stage
- 23 ft
- Minor stage
- 25 ft
- Moderate stage
- 28 ft
- Major stage
- 32 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03366500, 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 Aug 4, 3:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 3:00 PM EDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 300 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2009 .SHORT TERM (TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY)... WE WILL DROP SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 656 AT 4 PM AS THAT IS THE TIME IT WILL EXPIRE. MCS OVER SOUTHERN INDIANA AND NORTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY WILL CONTINUE TO DROP SOUTH AND EAST THIS EVENING WITH ADDITIONAL VERY HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS EXPECTED. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 656 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 20Z AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 657 UNTIL 00Z. A COOL FRONT WAS LOCATED FROM CENTRAL MISSOURI TO NORTHERN INDIANA THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE TO DROP SLOWLY SOUTH TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH SHARPENS UP ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES REGION TONIGHT. WE WILL FOLLOW THE NAM SOLUTION FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS HAS IT HAS BEEN THE MODEL OF CHOICE FOR THE LAST FEW DAYS. WE WILL CONTINUE HIGH POPS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING AS ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION OCCURS AHEAD OF THE FRONT. TEMPERATURES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND WEDNESDAY WILL CONTINUE TO BE STORM DEPENDENT. BWG HAS RISEN TO 90 THIS AFTERNOON WHILE OVER THE NORTHERN FORECAST AREA READINGS HAVE STRUGGLED TO REACH 75. .LONG TERM (WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY)... THE LONG RANGE MODELS REMAIN IN AGREEMENT THROUGH THE WEEKEND BEFORE BEGINNING TO DIVERGE BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. THE DEEPER EASTERN CANADA TROUGH WILL FORCE THE COOL FRONT WELL SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA LATE WEDNESDAY. SO WE HAVE TAKEN POPS OUT OF THE FORECAST FOR THURSDAY WITH A MILD MOSTLY SUNNY DAY EXPECTED. THE HEAT WILL BEGIN TO RETURN FRIDAY AS THE WESTERN U.S. RIDGE SHIFTS INTO THE EASTERN UNITED STATES. A WARM FRONT WILL SHIFT NORTH OF THE REGION FRIDAY AND WE CANNOT RULE OUT A FEW AFTERNOON SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN INDIANA. WE WILL KEEP FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY DRY AS THE UPPER RIDGE SETS UP FROM THE GULF COAST STATES INTO THE LOWER OHIO VALLEY. TEMPERATURES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL WARM WELL INTO THE 90S WITH LOWS IN THE 70S. THE RIDGE WILL BEGIN TO FLATTEN OUT TUESDAY AND ANOTHER WEAK FRONT MAY DROP INTO THE REGION SO WE WILL MENTION LOW CHANCE POPS THAT DAY. && .AVIATION (04/18Z TAFS)... ANOTHER CONVECTIVE COMPLEX WILL MOVE ACROSS INDIANA AND NORTHERN KENTUCKY THIS AFTERNOON. A LINE OF STRONG STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH LOUISVILLE BETWEEN 1830 AND 19Z AND LEX BETWEEN 21 AND 22Z. SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT BWG THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY AHEAD OF A COOL FRONT. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED OUTSIDE STORMS. && .LMK WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... KY...NONE. IN...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JA LONG TERM....JA AVIATION.....JA
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 4, 3:42 PM EDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 342 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2009 INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ030>033-051945- ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN- CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-JEFFERSON KY- OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY- 342 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2009 /242 PM CDT TUE AUG 4 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES THE REGION. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE SOME ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN AND DANGEROUS CLOUD- TO- GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY. GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH ANY STORMS .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE STORMS AS WELL AS HEAVY RAIN OR FLOODING THIS EVENING. KYZ023>029-034>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-051945- HANCOCK KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY- BULLITT KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY- ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY- NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-LARUE KY- MARION KY-BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY- HART KY-GREEN KY-TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-WARREN KY- SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY- RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY- 342 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2009 /242 PM CDT TUE AUG 4 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT APPROACHES. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED WIND DAMAGE...HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND DANGEROUS CLOUD- TO-GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY. GUSTY WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING ARE EXPECTED WITH ANY STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE STORMS AS WELL AS HEAVY RAIN OR FLOODING THIS EVENING. JA
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 3:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 354 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2009 KYZ061>064-066-067-070>078-081-082-042045- ADAIR-ALLEN-BARREN-BUTLER-CASEY-CLINTON-CUMBERLAND-EDMONSON-GREEN- HART-LINCOLN-LOGAN-METCALFE-MONROE-RUSSELL-SIMPSON-WARREN- 254 PM CDT TUE AUG 4 2009 ...GUST FRONT CONTINUES MOVING SOUTH ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 252 PM CDT/352 PM EDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF LEITCHFIELD TO 9 MILES EAST OF MUNFORDVILLE TO 6 MILES NORTH OF LIBERTY...AND MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. OCCASSIONAL LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 45 TO 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH STORMS BEHIND THE INITIAL GUST FRONT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE AWARE THAT A GUST FRONT PRECEDING THESE STORMS WILL GENERATE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WELL BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF ANY RAIN. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO... WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. && LS
Local storm report, Aug 4, 4:03 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
403 PM EDT TUE AUG 04 2009
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0307 PM TSTM WND DMG ENGLISH 38.33N 86.46W
08/04/2009 CRAWFORD IN TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES SNAPPED
&&
EVENT NUMBER LMK0900072
NFLocal storm report, Aug 4, 4:04 PM EDT, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
404 PM EDT TUE AUG 04 2009
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0348 PM TSTM WND DMG LANCASTER 37.62N 84.58W
08/04/2009 GARRARD KY TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN NEAR 1295 AND GILLESPIE WITH
DAMAGE TO A HOUSE ON 1295.
&&
EVENT NUMBER LMK0900073
AMLSpecial weather statement, Aug 4, 4:17 PM EDT, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 417 PM EDT TUE AUG 4 2009 KYZ061>064-066-067-070>078-081-082-042045- ADAIR-ALLEN-BARREN-BUTLER-CASEY-CLINTON-CUMBERLAND-EDMONSON-GREEN- HART-LINCOLN-LOGAN-METCALFE-MONROE-RUSSELL-SIMPSON-WARREN- 317 PM CDT TUE AUG 4 2009 ...GUST FRONT CONTINUES MOVING SOUTH ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY... AT 252 PM CDT/352 PM EDT/...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES WEST OF LEITCHFIELD TO 9 MILES EAST OF MUNFORDVILLE TO 6 MILES NORTH OF LIBERTY...AND MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH. OCCASSIONAL LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF AROUND 45 TO 50 MPH...ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH STORMS BEHIND THE INITIAL GUST FRONT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE AWARE THAT A GUST FRONT PRECEDING THESE STORMS WILL GENERATE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WELL BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF ANY RAIN. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...SEEK SHELTER INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STAY TUNED TO NOAA ALL HAZARDS RADIO... WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE ON THE INTERNET...OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR LATER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. && LS
Local storm report, Aug 4, 4:38 PM EDT, 26 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 7:50 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 25 min |
| Aug 4, 8:13 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 8:17 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 28 min |
| Aug 4, 8:45 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 9:18 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 103 min |
| Aug 4, 10:48 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 10:55 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 11:00 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 11:23 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Bullitt | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 1:29 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Trimble | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 1:33 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Henry, Oldham | 27 min |
| Aug 4, 1:43 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Henry, Jefferson, Oldham | 4 hr |
| Aug 4, 1:54 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby | 36 min |
| Aug 4, 1:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott | 4 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:31 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Scott and 1 more | 29 min |
| Aug 4, 2:55 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Franklin | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:59 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Madison | 46 min |
| Aug 4, 3:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Fayette | 4 hr |
| Aug 4, 3:18 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clark | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 3:42 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Madison | 34 min |
| Aug 4, 3:51 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Madison | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 4:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Trimble | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 4:10 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Butler, Edmonson, Warren | 35 min |
| Aug 4, 5:09 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Warren | 25 min |
| Aug 4, 5:18 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Henry, Jefferson, Oldham | 6 hr |
| Aug 4, 5:25 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LMK | Butler, Logan, Warren | 80 min |
| Aug 4, 5:44 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Franklin | 4 hr |
| Aug 4, 6:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Harrison | 5 hr |
| Aug 4, 6:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Logan, Simpson | 32 min |
| Aug 4, 7:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Trimble | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 7:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Fayette | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 7:56 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Butler, Ohio | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 6:38 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Clark, Jefferson, Scott, Washington | 52 min |
| Aug 4, 7:36 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Clark, Jefferson, Scott, Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 10:13 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Clark, Jefferson, Scott, Washington | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 11:30 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | LMK | Harrison | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 12:35 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 1:03 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Dubois, Orange | 42 min |
| Aug 4, 1:14 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Scott, Washington | 31 min |
| Aug 4, 1:17 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Scott, Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 1:39 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LMK | Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry, Washington | 36 min |
| Aug 4, 2:15 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Harrison | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 4:19 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | LMK | Scott, Washington | 3 hr |
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River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2009Every river flood warning in 2009
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.