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River Flood Warning 66, NWS Louisville, KY

April 14, 2015Bourbon County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Apr 14, 2015, 8:19 PM EDT for Bourbon County, Kentucky. It took effect at Apr 14, 2015, 11:40 PM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 14, 2015, 8:19 PM EDT (00:19 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 14, 2015, 11:40 PM EDT
Expired: Apr 15, 2015, 12:10 PM EDT
In force: 13 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 00:20 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 Apr 14, 6:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 6:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 7:32 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 14, 2:54 PM EDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
254 PM EDT TUE APR 14 2015

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1258 PM     FLOOD            4 SE VALLEY VIEW        37.78N 84.39W
04/14/2015                   MADISON            KY   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            MUD SLIDE AND DEBRIS WERE COVERING KY 169,
            TATES CREEK ROAD, AT SHALLOW FORD ROAD.

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MRC

Local storm report, Apr 14, 3:27 PM EDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
327 PM EDT TUE APR 14 2015

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0316 PM     FLOOD            YOSEMITE                37.35N 84.83W
04/14/2015                   CASEY              KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            US 127, HWY 70, AND HWY 198 ARE CLOSED.
            BUSINESSES ON US 127 BYPASS HAVE BEEN TOLD
            TO EVACUATE. SEVERAL WATER RESCUES HAVE
            ALREADY BEEN PERFORMED.

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Local storm report, Apr 14, 6:28 PM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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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.