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Flash Flood Watch 7, NWS Louisville, KY

August 10, 20188 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood watch at Aug 10, 2018, 2:51 AM CDT for 8 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 10, 2018, 2:51 AM CDT (07:51 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2018, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Flood severity: None

Counties Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Russell County, KY

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Aug 10, 2:39 AM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 2:39 AM CDT, 12 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
Aug 10, 12:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Barren, Edmonson, Warren	117 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Kentucky, 2018 Every flash flood watch in 2018

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.