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River Flood Warning 30, NWS Louisville, KY

March 14, 2015Bourbon County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Mar 14, 2015, 9:11 AM EDT for Bourbon County, Kentucky. It took effect at Mar 14, 2015, 11:47 AM EDT. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 14, 2015, 9:11 AM EDT (13:11 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 14, 2015, 11:47 AM EDT
Expired: Mar 15, 2015, 8:57 AM EDT
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Bourbon County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Stoner Creek at Paris (PRSK2).

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03251900, 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 14, 6:37 AM EDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 6:37 AM EDT, 2 hours 34 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 13, 8:18 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Carroll, Henry, Owen	44 hr
Mar 13, 8:30 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Warren	4 days
Mar 14, 10:58 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Hardin, Nelson	67 hr
Mar 14, 12:26 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Ohio	27 hr
Mar 13, 8:20 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Harrison, Washington	30 hr
Mar 14, 12:12 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Scott	6 hr
Mar 14, 6:21 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Orange, Perry, Washington	5 hr
Mar 14, 6:24 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Scott	6 hr
Mar 14, 11:45 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Washington	6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2015 Every 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.