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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Louisville, KY

June 21, 201947 counties in Kentucky; 10 counties in Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood watch at Jun 21, 2019, 2:10 PM CDT for 47 counties in Kentucky; 10 counties in Indiana. It took effect at Jun 21, 2019, 5:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 21, 2019, 2:10 PM CDT (19:10 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 21, 2019, 5:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 22, 2019, 11:10 AM CDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Flood severity: None

All 57 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, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Russell 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), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 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 flash 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 flash flood watch went out at Jun 21, 12:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 12:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 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
Jun 21, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hancock	23 min
Jun 21, 5:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Meade	32 min
Jun 21, 5:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Meade, Ohio	39 min
Jun 21, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Meade	20 min
Jun 21, 5:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Butler, Grayson, Hardin, Meade, Ohio	32 min
Jun 21, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt	32 min
Jun 21, 6:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler, Grayson, Hardin	47 min
Jun 21, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Grayson, Ohio	28 min
Jun 21, 6:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Larue, Nelson	42 min
Jun 21, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan, Simpson	46 min
Jun 21, 4:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Dubois	51 min
Jun 21, 4:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Dubois	29 min
Jun 21, 5:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Crawford, Dubois	46 min
Jun 21, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Crawford, Harrison	34 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Kentucky, 2019 Flash Flood Watches in Indiana, 2019 Every flash flood watch in 2019

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.