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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Louisville, KY

February 16, 2018Nicholas County, Robertson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 16, 2018, 3:12 PM EST for Nicholas County, Robertson County, Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 16, 2018, 9:00 PM EST. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 16, 2018, 3:12 PM EST (20:12 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 16, 2018, 9:00 PM EST
Expired: Feb 18, 2018, 4:00 AM EST
In force: 31 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 20:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Licking River at Blue Licks Spring (BLSK2). The gauge peaked at 25.39 ft at Feb 16, 2018, 11:00 PM EST.

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 Feb 16, 3:08 PM EST, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 3:08 PM EST, 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 16, 3:05 AM EST, 12 hours 7 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Louisville KY
305 AM EST Fri Feb 16 2018

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Floyd-Clark-Hancock-Breckinridge-Meade-Ohio-Grayson-Hardin-Bullitt-
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Garrard-Madison-Butler-Edmonson-Hart-Green-Taylor-Casey-Lincoln-
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Including the cities of Paoli, Salem, Scottsburg, Madison, Jasper,
English, Tell City, Corydon, New Albany, Jeffersonville, Lewisport,
Hawesville, Hardinsburg, Brandenburg, Hartford, Leitchfield,
Elizabethtown, Shepherdsville, Louisville, La Grange, Bedford,
Milton, New Castle, Shelbyville, Frankfort, Georgetown, Cynthiana,
Taylorsville, Lawrenceburg, Versailles, Lexington, Paris, Carlisle,
Bardstown, Springfield, Harrodsburg, Nicholasville, Winchester,
Hodgenville, Lebanon, Danville, Lancaster, Richmond, Morgantown,
Brownsville, Horse Cave, Greensburg, Campbellsville, Liberty,
Stanford, Russellville, Bowling Green, Franklin, Providence,
Scottsville, Glasgow, Tompkinsville, Edmonton, Columbia, Jamestown,
Burkesville, and Albany
305 AM EST Fri Feb 16 2018 /205 AM CST Fri Feb 16 2018/

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of south central
Indiana and Central Kentucky.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday.

Several rounds of moderate to locally heavy rainfall will be
possible, mainly Monday through Wednesday. With soils saturated and
area streams and rivers running high, flooding is likely where the
heaviest rain falls.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated at this time.

RAS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Feb 16, 1:38 PM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Bourbon	25 hr
Feb 16, 2:00 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Franklin	36 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.