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Flood Watch 3, NWS Louisville, KY

March 10, 201544 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flood watch at Mar 10, 2015, 2:24 AM CDT for 44 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Mar 10, 2015, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 10, 2015, 2:24 AM CDT (07:24 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 10, 2015, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 10, 2015, 10:44 PM CDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Flood severity: None

All 44 counties

Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Mar 10, 2:16 AM CDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 2:16 AM CDT, 8 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
Mar 10, 10:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Hardin, Nelson	4 days
Mar 10, 12:39 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Bourbon	47 hr
Mar 10, 1:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Madison and 2 more	6 hr
Mar 10, 1:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Spencer	5 hr
Mar 10, 1:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Spencer	5 hr
Mar 10, 2:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Franklin	5 hr
Mar 10, 2:16 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Ohio	42 hr
Mar 10, 2:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Franklin	5 hr
Mar 10, 4:16 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Nicholas, Robertson	51 hr
Mar 10, 6:55 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	LMK	Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler and 30 more	16 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Kentucky, 2015 Every flood watch in 2015

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.