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River Flood Advisory 17, NWS Louisville, KY

December 5, 2011Bourbon County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood advisory at Dec 5, 2011, 11:48 PM EST for Bourbon County, Kentucky. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 5, 2011, 11:48 PM EST (04:48 UTC)
Expired
Dec 6, 2011, 12:13 PM EST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY

County Bourbon County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:50 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 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Dec 5, 9:17 PM EST, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 5, 9:17 PM EST, 2 hours 31 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 5, 9:07 PM EST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
907 PM EST MON DEC 5 2011

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070215-
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-
907 PM EST MON DEC 5 2011 /807 PM CST MON DEC 5 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

WIDESPREAD MODERATE PRECIPITATION HAS CAUSED RAPID RISES ACROSS
AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS. STANDING WATER ACROSS AREA ROADWAYS...AS
WELL AS IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL CONTINUE INTO
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE CONDITIONS IMPROVE. MOTORISTS ARE URGED
TO USE CAUTION AND BE OBSERVANT WHEN CROSSING OVER STREAMS AND
NAVIGATING AREA ROADWAYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

ALTHOUGH THE MAJORITY OF THE PERSISTENT RAINFALL WILL END LATE
THIS EVENING...AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS WILL RISE...SOME ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST RIVER FORECASTS AND REMEMBER
TO NEVER DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL TOTALS AND INSTANCES OF
FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THROUGH TUESDAY.

KYZ035>037-039>043-046>049-054>057-064>067-073>078-081-082-070215-
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-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-
MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY-
CLINTON KY-
907 PM EST MON DEC 5 2011 /807 PM CST MON DEC 5 2011/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

WIDESPREAD MODERATE PRECIPITATION HAS CAUSED RAPID RISES ACROSS
AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS. STANDING WATER ACROSS AREA ROADWAYS...AS
WELL AS IN LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS WILL CONTINUE INTO
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS BEFORE CONDITIONS IMPROVE. MOTORISTS ARE URGED
TO USE CAUTION AND BE OBSERVANT WHEN CROSSING OVER STREAMS AND
NAVIGATING AREA ROADWAYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

ALTHOUGH THE MAJORITY OF THE PERSISTENT RAINFALL WILL END LATE
THIS EVENING...AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS WILL RISE. EXPECT SOME
PONDING ON OPEN FIELDS AND RISES ACROSS SMALL STREAMS.

A LITTLE LIGHT SNOW MAY BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A FAST-
MOVING UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PUSHES ACROSS TENNESSEE. THE BEST
CHANCE FOR LIGHT SNOW WOULD BE ACROSS THE LAKE CUMBERLAND REGION
WHERE UP TO AN INCH OF SNOW MAY ACCUMULATE. STAY TUNED TO FORECAST
UPDATES AS A SHIFT IN THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM MAY RESULT IN LESS
OR MORE SNOWFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL TOTALS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE THROUGH TUESDAY.

BJS/AMS/MJP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 5, 9:09 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKButler, Warren3 days
Dec 6, 8:47 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKButler, Muhlenberg, Ohio4 days

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Kentucky, 2011Every river flood advisory in 2011

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.