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River Flood Warning 24, NWS Louisville, KY

March 10, 2015Ohio County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Mar 10, 2015, 2:16 PM CDT for Ohio County, Kentucky. It took effect at Mar 10, 2015, 4:08 PM CDT. It was in force for 40 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 10, 2015, 2:16 PM CDT (19:16 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 10, 2015, 4:08 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 12, 2015, 8:12 AM CDT
In force
40 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Ohio County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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 Rough River near Dundee (DUNK2).

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

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03319000, 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 10, 12:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 12:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 10, 9:16 AM CDT, 5 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1016 AM EDT TUE MAR 10 2015

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>026-032-111430-
ORANGE IN-WASHINGTON IN-SCOTT IN-JEFFERSON IN-DUBOIS IN-CRAWFORD IN-
PERRY IN-HARRISON IN-FLOYD IN-CLARK IN-HANCOCK KY-BRECKINRIDGE KY-
MEADE KY-OHIO KY-TRIMBLE KY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
JASPER...MARENGO...TELL CITY...CORYDON...NEW ALBANY...
JEFFERSONVILLE...HAWESVILLE...HARDINSBURG...BRANDENBURG...
BEAVER DAM...BEDFORD
1016 AM EDT TUE MAR 10 2015 /916 AM CDT TUE MAR 10 2015/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAINFALL TODAY COULD RESULT IN PONDING OF
WATER IN LOW-LYING AND POORLY DRAINED AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

WIDESPREAD RAIN IS EXPECTED AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES COULD
CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OR AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND ANY
FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

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

KYZ027>031-033>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-070>078-081-082-111430-
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...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
1016 AM EDT TUE MAR 10 2015 /916 AM CDT TUE MAR 10 2015/

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ON SATURATED
GROUND COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

WIDESPREAD RAIN IS EXPECTED AGAIN THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES COULD
CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OR AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND ANY
FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

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

RAS/KD/AMS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 2:24 AM CDTFlood WatchLMKAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 38 more20 hr
Mar 10, 10:38 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLMKHardin, Nelson4 days
Mar 10, 12:39 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLMKBourbon47 hr
Mar 10, 1:17 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKBourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Jessamine, Madison and 2 more6 hr
Mar 10, 1:35 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKSpencer5 hr
Mar 10, 1:50 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKSpencer5 hr
Mar 10, 2:09 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKFranklin5 hr
Mar 10, 2:18 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKFranklin5 hr
Mar 10, 4:16 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLMKNicholas, Robertson51 hr
Mar 10, 6:55 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryLMKAnderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler and 30 more16 hr

Nearby

River 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.