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River Flood Warning 35, NWS Louisville, KY

December 21, 2013Ohio County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Dec 21, 2013, 11:52 PM CST for Ohio County, Kentucky. It took effect at Dec 22, 2013, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 53 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 21, 2013, 11:52 PM CST (05:52 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 22, 2013, 3:00 AM CST
Expired: Dec 24, 2013, 8:00 AM CST
In force: 53 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Ohio County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Rough River near Dundee (DUNK2). The gauge peaked at 25.05 ft at Dec 23, 2013, 1:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 23 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 28 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03319000, 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 21, 11:24 PM CST, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 21, 11:24 PM CST, 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 21, 11:42 PM CST, 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 21, 11:17 PM CST, 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 21, 11:21 PM CST, 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 21, 11:23 PM CST, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 21, 11:31 PM CST, 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Dec 21, 11:36 PM CST, 16 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 21, 6:24 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock, Ohio	41 min
Dec 21, 6:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock, Ohio	29 min
Dec 21, 7:00 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade, Ohio	30 min
Dec 21, 7:25 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Meade, Ohio	35 min
Dec 21, 7:40 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Grayson, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade and 2 more	30 min
Dec 21, 8:00 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade, Ohio	4 hr
Dec 21, 8:10 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Trimble	30 min
Dec 21, 8:17 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio	43 min
Dec 21, 8:23 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Jefferson, Oldham, Shelby, Trimble	32 min
Dec 21, 8:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Simpson, Warren	39 min
Dec 21, 8:46 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	4 hr
Dec 21, 8:51 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Meade	44 min
Dec 21, 9:01 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Butler, Logan	3 hr
Dec 21, 9:11 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Grayson, Green, Hart and 3 more	29 min
Dec 21, 9:12 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Larue, Oldham	43 min
Dec 21, 9:24 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Henry, Jefferson and 7 more	31 min
Dec 21, 9:36 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Green, Hart, Metcalfe, Monroe and 1 more	29 min
Dec 21, 9:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Boyle, Franklin, Harrison, Henry, Larue and 9 more	31 min
Dec 21, 9:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Green, Hart, Taylor	22 min
Dec 21, 9:58 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Henry, Trimble	5 hr
Dec 21, 10:03 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Allen, Barren, Casey, Cumberland, Green and 4 more	42 min
Dec 21, 10:04 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue	3 hr
Dec 21, 10:15 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Casey, Fayette, Franklin and 10 more	30 min
Dec 21, 10:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Lincoln, Russell	31 min
Dec 21, 10:34 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Boyle, Casey, Clark, Fayette, Garrard and 5 more	41 min
Dec 21, 10:46 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Boyle, Clark, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison	19 min
Dec 21, 10:48 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Grayson	3 hr
Dec 21, 10:57 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Hardin, Larue	4 hr
Dec 21, 10:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clinton, Russell	21 min
Dec 21, 11:10 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Garrard, Madison	20 min
Dec 21, 11:18 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 28 more	3 hr
Dec 22, 12:03 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade, Ohio	9 hr
Dec 22, 12:45 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	9 hr
Dec 22, 1:39 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Grayson	7 hr
Dec 22, 2:24 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Allen, Barren, Bullitt, Cumberland, Edmonson and 12 more	4 hr
Dec 22, 2:27 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Casey, Clark, Clinton and 12 more	5 hr
Dec 22, 2:55 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Hardin, Larue	4 hr
Dec 22, 2:57 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Henry, Trimble	6 hr
Dec 22, 8:51 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Bourbon	14 hr
Dec 22, 9:18 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Hancock, Ohio	4 hr
Dec 22, 9:52 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Warren	4 days
Dec 22, 9:52 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio	47 hr
Dec 22, 10:03 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Hardin, Nelson	50 hr
Dec 21, 6:28 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Dubois, Orange	42 min
Dec 21, 7:20 PM CST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Scott, Washington	30 min
Dec 21, 7:30 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry	5 hr
Dec 21, 7:37 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Floyd, Scott, Washington	28 min
Dec 21, 10:02 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Scott, Washington	5 hr
Dec 22, 12:28 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry	9 hr
Dec 22, 2:48 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Clark, Jefferson, Scott, Washington	6 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.