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River Flood Warning 43, NWS Louisville, KY

September 24, 2018Nicholas County, Robertson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Sep 24, 2018, 3:19 AM EDT for Nicholas County, Robertson County, Kentucky. It took effect at Sep 24, 2018, 4:02 AM EDT. It was in force for 62 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 24, 2018, 3:19 AM EDT (07:19 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 24, 2018, 4:02 AM EDT
Expired: Sep 26, 2018, 6:10 PM EDT
In force: 62 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Nicholas County, KY, Robertson County, KY

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Licking River at Blue Licks Spring (BLSK2). The gauge peaked at 30.95 ft at Sep 25, 2018, 7:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 23 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 42 ft
Major stage: 45 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03250500, 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 Sep 24, 1:16 AM EDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 24, 1:16 AM EDT, 2 hours 3 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
Sep 23, 9:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Harrison	12 hr
Sep 23, 11:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Franklin, Harrison, Scott	6 hr
Sep 24, 8:53 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Oldham	112 min
Sep 24, 10:58 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade	3 hr
Sep 24, 12:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Oldham, Shelby, Trimble	3 hr
Sep 24, 2:09 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Anderson, Bullitt, Franklin, Hardin, Henry, Jefferson and 7 more	3 hr
Sep 24, 2:16 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Hardin, Nelson	42 hr
Sep 24, 2:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Larue, Nelson	46 min
Sep 24, 3:32 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bourbon, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott	6 hr
Sep 24, 4:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Madison	3 hr
Sep 24, 4:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Woodford	3 hr
Sep 24, 7:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Harrison, Jessamine and 3 more	6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2018 Every river flood warning 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.