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River Flood Warning 67, NWS Louisville, KY

July 2, 2015Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Jul 2, 2015, 7:06 PM CDT for Warren County, Kentucky. It took effect at Jul 2, 2015, 10:36 PM CDT. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 2, 2015, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 2, 2015, 10:36 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 4, 2015, 5:54 AM CDT
In force: 31 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Warren County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Drakes Creek near Alvaton (ALVK2). The gauge peaked at 24.32 ft at Jul 3, 2015, 3:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 22 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 35 ft
Major stage: 42 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03314000, 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 Jul 2, 6:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 6:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 2:27 PM CDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
327 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-031930-
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-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-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...PAOLI...SALEM...SCOTTSBURG...MADISON...
JASPER...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...LIBERTY...STANFORD...RUSSELLVILLE...
BOWLING GREEN...FRANKLIN...SCOTTSVILLE...GLASGOW...TOMPKINSVILLE...
EDMONTON...COLUMBIA...JAMESTOWN...BURKESVILLE...ALBANY
327 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015 /227 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2015/

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

PLAN ON SHOWERS AND SCATTERED STORMS TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
IS THE MAIN THREAT...AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT.
SEE THE LATEST STATEMENT FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY EACH
AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH THE FIRST PORTION OF NEXT WEEK. STORMS
FRIDAY MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...LEADING TO
FLASH FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT ANY FLOODING THROUGH FRIDAY.

&&

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

ZBT/AMS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 2, 3:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
452 PM EDT THU JUL 2 2015

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

0451 PM     FLASH FLOOD      2 N WOODBURY            37.22N 86.63W
07/02/2015                   BUTLER             KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HIGHWAY 185 HAS WATER OVER IT IN SPOTS.

&&

SZAPPANOS

Local storm report, Jul 2, 5:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 2, 5:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 5:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 2, 5:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 2, 5:47 PM CDT, 1 hour 19 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
Jul 3, 3:36 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Henry	3 hr
Jul 3, 7:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	60 min
Jul 3, 7:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Lincoln	41 min
Jul 3, 8:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Monroe	3 hr
Jul 3, 8:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Grayson	31 min
Jul 3, 9:37 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Hart	3 hr
Jul 3, 10:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Taylor	3 hr
Jul 3, 10:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Metcalfe	32 min
Jul 3, 10:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Cumberland, Metcalfe	3 hr
Jul 3, 11:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Taylor	3 hr
Jul 3, 11:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Adair	84 min
Jul 3, 11:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Meade	29 min
Jul 3, 11:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jessamine	29 min
Jul 3, 12:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt	30 min
Jul 3, 12:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Garrard, Jessamine, Madison	4 hr
Jul 3, 12:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	28 min
Jul 3, 12:45 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson	3 hr
Jul 3, 12:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Mercer, Nelson, Spencer, Washington, Woodford	28 min
Jul 3, 12:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Jefferson	113 min
Jul 3, 1:08 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Nelson	4 hr
Jul 3, 1:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Meade	4 hr
Jul 3, 1:17 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Anderson, Mercer, Nelson, Spencer, Washington	88 min
Jul 3, 1:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Fayette, Woodford	59 min
Jul 3, 1:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	32 min
Jul 3, 2:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Fayette, Woodford	3 hr
Jul 3, 2:21 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Jefferson	3 hr
Jul 3, 2:25 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Anderson, Bourbon, Fayette, Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford	4 hr
Jul 3, 2:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler	89 min
Jul 3, 3:06 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Ohio, Warren	4 hr
Jul 3, 3:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Boyle, Larue, Marion, Mercer, Washington	42 min
Jul 3, 3:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Larue, Nelson	115 min
Jul 3, 3:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bourbon, Fayette, Franklin, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott and 1 more	3 hr
Jul 3, 3:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Garrard, Madison	62 min
Jul 3, 4:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Larue	3 hr
Jul 3, 4:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Warren	3 hr
Jul 3, 4:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison	4 hr
Jul 3, 4:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Larue, Marion, Nelson	4 hr
Jul 3, 5:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Casey, Green, Lincoln, Metcalfe, Russell and 1 more	2 hr
Jul 3, 5:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Allen, Barren, Monroe, Simpson, Warren	3 hr
Jul 3, 5:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Henry	2 hr
Jul 3, 6:11 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Logan, Simpson, Warren	3 hr
Jul 3, 6:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	44 min
Jul 3, 6:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Ohio	117 min
Jul 3, 6:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Nicholas, Scott	45 min
Jul 3, 12:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Perry	4 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.