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River Flood Warning 84, NWS Louisville, KY

December 28, 2015Hancock County, Kentucky; Perry County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Dec 28, 2015, 6:24 AM CST for Hancock County, Kentucky; Perry County, Indiana. It took effect at Dec 28, 2015, 2:37 PM CST. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 28, 2015, 6:24 AM CST (12:24 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 28, 2015, 2:37 PM CST
Expired: Jan 3, 2016, 6:49 AM CST
In force: 6 days
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Perry County, IN, Hancock County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ohio River at Tell City (TELI3).

Action stage: 36 ft
Minor stage: 38 ft
Moderate stage: 44 ft
Major stage: 50 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Dec 28, 5:29 AM CST, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 28, 5:29 AM CST, 55 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
Dec 27, 8:16 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Nicholas, Robertson	48 hr
Dec 27, 8:23 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Carroll, Henry, Owen	36 hr
Dec 28, 1:01 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	29 min
Dec 28, 1:27 PM CST	Wind Advisory	LMK	Adair, Allen, Barren, Butler, Clinton, Cumberland and 11 more	5 hr
Dec 28, 1:40 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler, Simpson, Warren	35 min
Dec 28, 2:11 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Grayson, Warren	34 min
Dec 28, 2:39 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson	36 min
Dec 28, 3:48 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio	27 min
Dec 28, 4:21 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Breckinridge	24 min
Dec 28, 2:13 AM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Perry	6 hr
Dec 28, 1:57 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Dubois, Perry	33 min
Dec 28, 5:49 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Washington	26 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2015 River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 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.