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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Louisville, KY

July 5, 2013Bourbon County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Jul 5, 2013, 9:23 AM EDT for Bourbon County, Kentucky. It took effect at Jul 5, 2013, 11:12 AM EDT. It was in force for 34 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 2013, 9:23 AM EDT (13:23 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 5, 2013, 11:12 AM EDT
Expired: Jul 6, 2013, 8:45 PM EDT
In force: 34 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
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 13:22 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 Jul 5, 6:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 6:45 AM EDT, 2 hours 38 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
Jul 5, 5:03 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Harrison, Scott, Woodford	3 hr
Jul 5, 6:20 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Bourbon	8 hr
Jul 5, 11:48 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Harrison and 7 more	4 hr
Jul 5, 1:57 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Hardin, Nelson	5 days
Jul 5, 1:59 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Lincoln, Russell	4 hr
Jul 5, 3:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe	3 hr
Jul 5, 3:56 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe	3 hr
Jul 5, 4:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Allen, Barren	3 hr
Jul 5, 5:09 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren	3 hr
Jul 5, 5:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Casey, Clark, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2013 Every river flood warning in 2013

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.