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River Flood Warning 14, NWS Louisville, KY

April 3, 2014Jefferson County, Scott County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Apr 3, 2014, 6:49 AM EDT for Jefferson County, Scott County, Indiana. It took effect at Apr 3, 2014, 9:51 AM EDT. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 3, 2014, 6:49 AM EDT (10:49 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 3, 2014, 9:51 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 4, 2014, 7:25 AM EDT
In force
22 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Jefferson County, IN, Scott County, IN

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Muscatatuck River at Deputy (DEPI3). The gauge peaked at 24.74 ft at Apr 3, 2014, 8:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
23 ft
Minor stage
25 ft
Moderate stage
28 ft
Major stage
32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03366500, 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 Apr 3, 3:22 AM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 3:22 AM EDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 3:40 AM EDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
340 AM EDT THU APR 3 2014

INZ076>079-092-KYZ032-040745-
ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-CLARK IN-TRIMBLE KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
JEFFERSONVILLE...BEDFORD
340 AM EDT THU APR 3 2014

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A WARM FRONT LIFTING INTO THE REGION TODAY WILL COMBINE WITH
PLENTY OF AVAILABLE MOISTURE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS ARE THE MAIN
THREATS.

A STRONGER AND POTENTIALLY SEVERE LINE OF STORMS IS FORECAST TO
DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT AND MOVE THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY
LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THIS LINE ARE
BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...LOCALIZED DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND EVEN
AN ISOLATED TORNADO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

EXACT TIMING FOR THE LINE OF STORMS MENTIONED ABOVE IS STILL
UNCERTAIN...AND THESE STORMS MAY NOT CLEAR THE REGION UNTIL
DAYBREAK FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT HAIL AND STRONG WINDS TONIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE.

INZ083-084-089>091-KYZ023>031-033>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-040745-
DUBOIS IN-CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-HANCOCK KY-
BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY-
JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-HENRY KY-SHELBY KY-FRANKLIN KY-SCOTT KY-
HARRISON KY-SPENCER KY-ANDERSON KY-WOODFORD KY-FAYETTE KY-BOURBON KY-
NICHOLAS KY-NELSON KY-WASHINGTON KY-MERCER KY-JESSAMINE KY-CLARK KY-
LARUE KY-MARION KY-BOYLE KY-GARRARD KY-MADISON KY-BUTLER KY-
EDMONSON KY-HART KY-GREEN KY-TAYLOR KY-CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-LOGAN KY-
WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY-
ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...
NEW ALBANY...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...BEAVER DAM...
LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX...MOUNT WASHINGTON...
SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE...NEW CASTLE...SHELBYVILLE...
FRANKFORT...GEORGETOWN...CYNTHIANA...TAYLORSVILLE...LAWRENCEBURG...
VERSAILLES...LEXINGTON...PARIS...CARLISLE...BARDSTOWN...
SPRINGFIELD...HARRODSBURG...NICHOLASVILLE...WINCHESTER...
HODGENVILLE...LEBANON...DANVILLE...LANCASTER...RICHMOND...
MORGANTOWN...BROWNSVILLE...MUNFORDVILLE...GREENSBURG...
CAMPBELLSVILLE...LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN...
FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...
COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
340 AM EDT THU APR 3 2014 /240 AM CDT THU APR 3 2014/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A WARM FRONT LIFTING INTO THE REGION TODAY WILL COMBINE WITH
PLENTY OF AVAILABLE MOISTURE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINS ARE THE MAIN
THREATS.

A STRONGER AND POTENTIALLY SEVERE LINE OF STORMS IS FORECAST TO
DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT AND MOVE THROUGH THE OHIO VALLEY
LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY. THE MAIN THREATS WITH THIS LINE ARE
BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...LOCALIZED DAMAGING WINDS...HAIL...AND EVEN
AN ISOLATED TORNADO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

EXACT TIMING FOR THE LINE OF STORMS MENTIONED ABOVE IS STILL
UNCERTAIN...AND THESE STORMS MAY NOT CLEAR THE REGION UNTIL AFTER
DAYBREAK FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT HAIL AND STRONG WINDS TONIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY.

&&

MORE INFORMATION...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND...AT WEATHER.GOV/LOUISVILLE.

RJS/JSD

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 3, 4:31 AM EDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 8:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGarrard32 min
Apr 2, 11:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLogan28 min
Apr 2, 11:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKTrimble28 min
Apr 3, 12:10 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKTrimble30 min
Apr 3, 3:28 AM EDTFlood WatchLMKAdair, Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 33 more31 hr
Apr 3, 4:31 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKEdmonson, Grayson, Warren29 min
Apr 3, 8:00 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKJefferson30 min
Apr 3, 12:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOldham, Trimble33 min
Apr 3, 12:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBreckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Ohio31 min
Apr 3, 1:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHardin29 min
Apr 3, 1:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLarue, Nelson29 min
Apr 3, 2:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMercer, Washington26 min
Apr 3, 2:35 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBoyle, Garrard30 min
Apr 3, 3:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGarrard30 min
Apr 3, 3:12 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningLMKWarren23 hr
Apr 3, 3:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMadison30 min
Apr 3, 3:52 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLMKTrimble6 hr
Apr 3, 4:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGarrard, Lincoln, Madison44 min
Apr 3, 5:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGreen, Hart, Taylor30 min
Apr 3, 5:30 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGreen, Taylor30 min
Apr 3, 6:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCasey, Lincoln47 min
Apr 3, 6:28 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKHancock3 hr
Apr 3, 6:31 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAdair44 min
Apr 3, 6:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKHart32 min
Apr 3, 6:56 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKCasey, Lincoln, Taylor3 hr
Apr 3, 7:02 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKEdmonson, Grayson, Green, Hart3 hr
Apr 3, 7:15 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKBreckinridge, Meade, Ohio3 hr
Apr 3, 7:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOhio32 min
Apr 3, 7:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBullitt, Hardin, Larue, Nelson, Spencer31 min
Apr 3, 7:52 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLMKMarion, Taylor3 hr
Apr 2, 9:48 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKWashington32 min
Apr 2, 10:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKScott47 min
Apr 2, 11:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKScott30 min
Apr 3, 7:40 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCrawford, Harrison, Orange, Washington30 min
Apr 3, 7:48 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKDubois32 min
Apr 3, 8:13 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKDubois32 min
Apr 3, 8:39 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKOrange31 min
Apr 3, 9:03 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKWashington32 min
Apr 3, 10:02 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKScott28 min
Apr 3, 10:34 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKDubois31 min
Apr 3, 11:06 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCrawford, Orange29 min
Apr 3, 11:15 AM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCrawford, Dubois, Perry20 min
Apr 3, 11:35 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCrawford, Scott, Washington30 min
Apr 3, 5:11 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningLMKCrawford, Harrison, Scott, Washington6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2014Every river flood warning in 2014

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.