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Flood Watch 6, NWS Louisville, KY

October 30, 201840 counties in Kentucky; 10 counties in Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flood watch at Oct 30, 2018, 2:34 AM CDT for 40 counties in Kentucky; 10 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Oct 31, 2018, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 30, 2018, 2:34 AM CDT (07:34 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 31, 2018, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Nov 1, 2018, 1:19 PM CDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Flood severity: None

All 50 counties

Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Scott County, IN, Washington County, IN, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Clark County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Logan County, KY, Marion County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:38 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 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 flood watch went out at Oct 30, 2:25 AM CDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 30, 2:25 AM CDT, 9 minutes before

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Nearby

Flood Watches in Kentucky, 2018 Flood Watches in Indiana, 2018 Every 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.