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River Flood Advisory 7, NWS Louisville, KY

March 29, 2018Franklin County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood advisory at Mar 29, 2018, 1:00 PM EDT for Franklin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 29, 2018, 1:00 PM EDT (17:00 UTC)
Expired: Mar 31, 2018, 12:58 AM EDT
In force: 36 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Franklin County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Elkhorn Creek at Peaks Mill (PKMK2). The gauge peaked at 7.49 ft at Mar 30, 2018, 6:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03289500, 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 Mar 29, 6:50 AM EDT, 6 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 6:50 AM EDT, 6 hours 10 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
Mar 28, 9:57 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Warren	42 hr
Mar 28, 9:58 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio	5 days
Mar 28, 10:40 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Franklin	53 hr
Mar 28, 10:40 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Hardin, Nelson	4 days
Mar 29, 1:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair, Allen, Barren, Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe and 2 more	62 min
Mar 29, 2:39 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe, Russell	3 hr
Mar 29, 5:30 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Allen, Barren, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe and 2 more	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Kentucky, 2018 Every 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.