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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Louisville, KY

January 14, 2013Hardin County, Nelson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Jan 14, 2013, 11:30 AM EST for Hardin County, Nelson County, Kentucky. It took effect at Jan 15, 2013, 2:12 AM EST. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 14, 2013, 11:30 AM EST (16:30 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 15, 2013, 2:12 AM EST
Expired: Jan 16, 2013, 8:58 AM EST
In force: 31 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Hardin County, KY, Nelson County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Rolling Fork River near Boston (BSNK2). The gauge peaked at 36.19 ft at Jan 15, 2013, 6:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 33 ft
Minor stage: 35 ft
Moderate stage: 42 ft
Major stage: 45 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03301500, 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, 6:21 AM EST, 5 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 14, 6:21 AM EST, 5 hours 9 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, 9:29 PM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Warren	25 hr
Jan 13, 9:29 PM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Warren	3 days
Jan 13, 11:11 PM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Bourbon	20 hr
Jan 14, 9:40 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio	5 days

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.