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River Flood Warning 27, NWS Louisville, KY

December 9, 2009Butler County, Muhlenberg County, Ohio County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Dec 9, 2009, 8:28 PM CST for Butler County, Muhlenberg County, Ohio County, Kentucky. It took effect at Dec 11, 2009, 10:00 PM CST. It was in force for 47 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 9, 2009, 8:28 PM CST (02:28 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 11, 2009, 10:00 PM CST
Expired: Dec 13, 2009, 9:00 PM CST
In force: 47 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Butler County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Ohio County, KY

The river

Written for the forecast point Green River (KY) at Rochester (RCHK2).

Action stage: 34 ft
Minor stage: 37 ft
Moderate stage: 45 ft
Major stage: 50 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03315850, 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 Dec 9, 4:57 PM CST, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 4:57 PM CST, 3 hours 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 9, 2:24 PM CST, 6 hours 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Dec 9, 2:29 PM CST, 5 hours 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 9, 3:08 PM CST, 5 hours 20 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Dec 9, 8:28 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Warren	36 hr
Dec 10, 6:26 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Butler, Warren	35 hr
Dec 10, 6:26 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio	48 hr

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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.