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River Flood Advisory 3, NWS Louisville, KY

February 18, 2018Butler County, Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood advisory at Feb 18, 2018, 3:51 PM CST for Butler County, Warren County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 18, 2018, 3:51 PM CST (21:51 UTC)
Expired
Feb 20, 2018, 3:47 AM CST
In force
36 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Butler County, KY, Warren County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Green River (KY) above Woodbury (WDHK2). The gauge peaked at 25.46 ft at Feb 19, 2018, 3:00 PM CST.

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Action stage
24 ft
Minor stage
26 ft
Moderate stage
38 ft
Major stage
41 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03315500, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Feb 18, 3:21 PM CST, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 18, 3:21 PM CST, 30 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 17, 8:38 PM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLMKHardin, Nelson36 hr
Feb 18, 12:17 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLMKNicholas, Robertson12 hr
Feb 18, 2:27 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLMKHardin, Nelson40 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Kentucky, 2018Every river flood advisory 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.