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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Louisville, KY

January 28, 2009Hart County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Jan 28, 2009, 3:42 PM CST for Hart County, Kentucky. It took effect at Jan 29, 2009, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 44 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 28, 2009, 3:42 PM CST (21:42 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 29, 2009, 12:00 AM CST
Expired: Jan 30, 2009, 8:09 PM CST
In force: 44 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Flood severity: Minor

County Hart County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 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 Green River (KY) at Munfordville (MFVK2).

Action stage: 26 ft
Minor stage: 28 ft
Moderate stage: 50 ft
Major stage: 57 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03308500, 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 Jan 28, 2:30 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 28, 2:30 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 28, 2:45 PM CST, 57 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
345 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-292045-
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-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-
345 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009 /245 PM CST WED JAN 28 2009/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

NO ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...WITH VERY COLD LOW TEMPERATURES EXPECTED...ANY SLUSH OR
WET ROADS WILL FREEZE TONIGHT RESULTING IN SLICK DRIVING
CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROADS AND BRIDGES. ALSO BEWARE
OF DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES THROUGHOUT THE AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. ANY
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...GENERALLY AN INCH OR LESS.

ON MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MAY FORM OVER
THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES THEN MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE
EASTERN STATES. IF THIS OCCURS...THE IMPACT THIS STORM MAY HAVE
ON CENTRAL KENTUCKY AND SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA IS NOT CLEAR AT THIS
TIME...BUT THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONTINUE TO REPORT FINAL SNOW AND ICE
TOTALS AND DAMAGE REPORTS FROM YESTERDAYS AND TODAYS STORM TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

JA/TWF

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 28, 11:06 AM CST, 4 hours 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1206 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1120 AM     SNOW             SHEPHERDSVILLE          37.99N  85.71W
01/28/2009  M3.0 INCH        BULLITT            KY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            0.5 NEW SNOW. 3.0 INCH TOTAL WITH 0.5 INCH ICE

&&

CORRECTED REMARKS

EVENT NUMBER 00218

SULLIVAN

Local storm report, Jan 28, 11:49 AM CST, 3 hours 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1249 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1038 AM     FREEZING RAIN    LANCASTER               37.62N  84.58W
01/28/2009  E0.50 INCH       GARRARD            KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            3000 RESIDENTS WITHOUT POWER. WATER PLANT SHUT DOWN DUE
            TO NO ELECTRIC.

&&

CORRECTED EVENT

EVENT NUMBER 00215

SULLIVAN

Local storm report, Jan 28, 12:45 PM CST, 2 hours 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
145 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0143 PM     SNOW             PORTERSVILLE            38.50N  86.98W
01/28/2009  M9.0 INCH        DUBOIS             IN   ESPOTTER

            3 INCHES SNOW MONDAY FOLLOWED BY 0.25 INCH ICE...THEN 1
            INCH ICE TUESDAY FOLLOWED BY 6 INCHES SNOW THROUGH THIS
            MORNING.

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00230

SULLIVAN

Local storm report, Jan 28, 12:48 PM CST, 2 hours 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
148 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0145 PM     SNOW             HUNTINGBURG             38.30N  86.96W
01/28/2009  M8.5 INCH        DUBOIS             IN   ESPOTTER

            STORM TOTAL FROM SNOW THEN ICE...FOLLOWED BY ICE THEN
            SNOW OVERNIGTH AND THIS MORNING. 1.2 INCHES TOTAL ICE.

&&

EVENT NUMBER 00231

SULLIVAN

Local storm report, Jan 28, 2:02 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 28, 2:05 PM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
305 PM EST WED JAN 28 2009

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0300 PM     SNOW             1 NW MARTINSBURG        38.46N  86.05W
01/28/2009  M7.5 INCH        WASHINGTON         IN   ESPOTTER

            4 INCHES NEW SNOW SINCE LAST EVENING. 8 INCHES NOW ON
            GROUND. 0.5 INCH ICE. NUMEROUS LIMBS AND POWER LINES
            DOWN.

&&

CORRECTED COUNTY/STATE...LOCATION...REMARKS

EVENT NUMBER 00232

SULLIVAN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 28, 7:40 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe and 1 more	6 hr
Jan 28, 11:18 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Ohio	25 hr
Jan 28, 11:18 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Edmonson	70 hr
Jan 28, 11:18 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Warren	5 days
Jan 28, 11:18 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio	6 days
Jan 28, 3:09 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Bourbon	19 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2009 Every 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.