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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Louisville, KY
NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Mar 5, 2015, 11:56 AM EST for Jefferson County, Meade County, Kentucky; Clark County, Floyd County, Harrison County, Indiana. It took effect at Mar 8, 2015, 2:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 12 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 5, 2015, 11:56 AM EST (16:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 8, 2015, 2:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Mar 20, 2015, 11:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 12 days
- Issued by
- NWS Louisville, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Clark County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jefferson County, KY, Meade County, KY
The radar
The Louisville radar (KLVX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Ohio River at McAlpine Lower (MLPK2). The gauge peaked at 61.29 ft at Mar 16, 2015, 9:00 AM EDT.
- Action stage
- 53 ft
- Minor stage
- 55 ft
- Moderate stage
- 65 ft
- Major stage
- 73 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03294500, 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 Mar 4, 6:56 PM EST, 17 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 4, 6:56 PM EST, 17 hours before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 4, 3:39 PM EST, 20 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY 339 PM EST WED MAR 4 2015 INZ076>079-083-052045- ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON... JASPER 339 PM EST WED MAR 4 2015 /239 PM CST WED MAR 4 2015/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE REGION TONIGHT WITH WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...PLEASE SEE THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY...THOUGH TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS LIKELY WILL CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH THE DAY. FRIDAY MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR RECORDS WITH READINGS AROUND ZERO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW AMOUNTS. INZ084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>065-070>072-052045- CRAWFORD IN-PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY- BRECKINRIDGE KY-MEADE KY-OHIO KY-GRAYSON KY-HARDIN KY-BULLITT KY- JEFFERSON KY-OLDHAM KY-TRIMBLE 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-LOGAN KY- WARREN KY-SIMPSON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON... NEW ALBANY...JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG... BRANDENBURG...BEAVER DAM...LEITCHFIELD...ELIZABETHTOWN...FORT KNOX... MOUNT WASHINGTON...SHEPHERDSVILLE...LOUISVILLE...LA GRANGE... BEDFORD...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...RUSSELLVILLE...BOWLING GREEN... FRANKLIN 339 PM EST WED MAR 4 2015 /239 PM CST WED MAR 4 2015/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THURSDAY... ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE REGION TONIGHT WITH WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW. SOME SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MAY BRIEFLY MIX IN AS RAIN TRANSITIONS TO SNOW. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...PLEASE SEE THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY...THOUGH TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS LIKELY WILL CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH THE DAY. FRIDAY MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR RECORDS WITH READINGS AROUND ZERO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW AMOUNTS. KYZ066-067-073>078-081-082-052045- CASEY KY-LINCOLN KY-ALLEN KY-BARREN KY-MONROE KY-METCALFE KY- ADAIR KY-RUSSELL KY-CUMBERLAND KY-CLINTON KY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LIBERTY...STANFORD...SCOTTSVILLE... GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN... BURKESVILLE...ALBANY 339 PM EST WED MAR 4 2015 /239 PM CST WED MAR 4 2015/ ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ THURSDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL INDIANA AND CENTRAL KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE REGION TONIGHT WITH WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW. SOME SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MAY BRIEFLY MIX IN AS RAIN TRANSITIONS TO SNOW. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...PLEASE SEE THE WINTER STORM WARNING FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY...THOUGH TRAVEL DISRUPTIONS LIKELY WILL CONTINUE AT LEAST THROUGH THE DAY. FRIDAY MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR RECORDS WITH READINGS AROUND ZERO. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOW AMOUNTS. 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 10:55 PM EST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer | 26 hr |
| Mar 5, 5:36 AM EST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Warren | 20 hr |
| Mar 5, 9:36 AM EST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Carroll, Henry, Owen | 7 days |
| Mar 5, 11:04 AM EST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Anderson, Franklin, Woodford | 32 hr |
| Mar 5, 11:56 AM EST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Jefferson, Oldham | 15 days |
| Mar 5, 11:56 AM EST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 17 days |
| Mar 5, 11:56 AM EST | River Flood Warning | LMK | Breckinridge, Hancock | 18 days |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2015River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2015Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.