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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Louisville, KY

September 26, 2009Bourbon County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Sep 26, 2009, 10:13 PM EDT for Bourbon County, Kentucky. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 26, 2009, 10:13 PM EDT (02:13 UTC)
Expired
Sep 27, 2009, 7:55 PM EDT
In force
22 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Flood severity
Minor

County Bourbon County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Stoner Creek at Paris (PRSK2).

Action stage
16 ft
Minor stage
18 ft
Moderate stage
22 ft
Major stage
25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03251900, 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 Sep 26, 7:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 26, 7:45 PM EDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 26, 3:24 PM EDT, 6 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
324 PM EDT SAT SEP 26 2009

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>034-038-045-053-061>063-070>074-
271930-
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-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-
JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-SPENCER KY-
NELSON KY-LARUE KY-BUTLER KY-EDMONSON KY-HART KY-LOGAN KY-
WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-
324 PM EDT SAT SEP 26 2009 /224 PM CDT SAT SEP 26 2009/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT.  SOME OF THESE STORMS...ESPECIALLY WEST OF INTERSTATE 65...
COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND SEVERE WIND GUSTS BEING THE MAIN
THREATS.  THE SEVERE THREAT WILL DECLINE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET THIS
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE AREA ON FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND HEAVY
RAINFALL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE.

KYZ035>037-039>043-046>049-054>057-064>067-075>078-081-082-271930-
FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-HARRISON KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-
FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-NICHOLAS KY-WASHINGTON KY-MERCER KY-
JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-
GREEN KY-TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-
ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
324 PM EDT SAT SEP 26 2009 /224 PM CDT SAT SEP 26 2009/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE
EVENING HOURS WILL CONTINUE TO POSE A FLASH FLOOD THREAT.  ANY
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS FALLING ON ALREADY WELL SATURATED
GROUNDS FROM RAINFALL THIS MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO CAUSE FLOODING ON
ROADWAYS AND MAY CAUSE SMALLER CREEKS TO OVERFLOW.  PAY CLOSE
ATTENTION TO POTENTIAL FLOOD WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES THIS
EVENING...ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE AREA ON FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LOUISVILLE.

RJS/AML

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 26, 7:10 PM EDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 26, 9:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKMonroe2 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 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.