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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Louisville, KY

January 14, 2013Butler County, Muhlenberg County, Ohio County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Jan 14, 2013, 8:40 AM CST for Butler County, Muhlenberg County, Ohio County, Kentucky. It took effect at Jan 14, 2013, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 14, 2013, 8:40 AM CST (14:40 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 14, 2013, 6:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 19, 2013, 8:26 AM CST
In force: 5 days
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 Jan 14, 5:21 AM CST, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 5:21 AM CST, 3 hours 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 14, 3:34 AM CST, 5 hours 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 14, 4:06 AM CST, 4 hours 34 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
Jan 13, 8:29 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Warren	25 hr
Jan 13, 8:29 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Warren	3 days
Jan 13, 10:11 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Bourbon	20 hr
Jan 14, 10:30 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Hardin, Nelson	45 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.