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River Flood Advisory 21, NWS Louisville, KY

February 24, 2019Garrard County, Jessamine County, Mercer County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood advisory at Feb 24, 2019, 5:58 AM EST for Garrard County, Jessamine County, Mercer County, Kentucky. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 24, 2019, 5:58 AM EST (10:58 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2019, 10:34 AM EST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Garrard County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Mercer County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:01 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 Kentucky River at High Bridge Lock (HIBK2). The gauge peaked at 30.23 ft at Feb 24, 2019, 6:00 PM EST.

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Action stage
26 ft
Minor stage
30 ft
Moderate stage
36 ft
Major stage
39 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03286500, 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 24, 12:58 AM EST, 5 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 12:58 AM EST, 5 hours before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 24, 3:54 AM EST, 2 hours 4 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Louisville KY
354 AM EST Sun Feb 24 2019

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070>078-081-082-250900-
Orange-Washington-Scott-Jefferson-Dubois-Crawford-Perry-Harrison-
Floyd-Clark-Hancock-Breckinridge-Meade-Ohio-Grayson-Hardin-Bullitt-
Oldham-Trimble-Henry-Shelby-Franklin-Spencer-Anderson-Woodford-
Fayette-Bourbon-Nicholas-Nelson-Mercer-Jessamine-Larue-Marion-Boyle-
Garrard-Madison-Butler-Edmonson-Hart-Green-Taylor-Casey-Lincoln-
Logan-Warren-Simpson-Allen-Barren-Monroe-Metcalfe-Adair-Russell-
Cumberland-Clinton-
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
354 AM EST Sun Feb 24 2019 /254 AM CST Sun Feb 24 2019/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM EST /6 PM CST/ THIS EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

Strong, very gusty west winds will occur today behind a cold front.
Frequent gusts of 40 to 50 mph are expected with isolated gusts over
50 mph. This will cause limbs and some trees to fall, and could cause
some power outages.

Area rivers will remain high from recent rainfall. See our webpage
for the most recent updates to river flood advisories and flood
warnings.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters should report strong wind gusts and any downed trees or
limbs today.

RAS/KDW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 23, 7:30 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKAnderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Bullitt, Casey, Clark and 19 more6 hr
Feb 23, 7:50 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningLMKAnderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Casey, Clark, Fayette and 10 more6 hr
Feb 23, 9:06 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKOhio48 hr
Feb 23, 9:13 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKWarren31 hr
Feb 23, 9:49 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKAnderson, Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer and 3 more6 hr
Feb 23, 10:22 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningLMKHardin, Larue, Marion, Meade, Nelson3 hr
Feb 24, 12:28 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningLMKBoyle, Green, Marion, Taylor3 hr
Feb 24, 12:42 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKGarrard, Jessamine3 days
Feb 24, 12:44 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningLMKBoyle, Jessamine, Mercer, Washington, Woodford3 hr
Feb 24, 12:44 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKFranklin31 hr
Feb 24, 1:11 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKLarue, Nelson3 hr
Feb 24, 1:59 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKButler, Logan3 hr
Feb 24, 1:59 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKBourbon23 hr
Feb 24, 3:21 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKAllen, Barren, Edmonson, Hart, Ohio, Simpson and 1 more3 hr
Feb 24, 3:38 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKAdair, Casey, Lincoln, Marion3 hr
Feb 24, 7:22 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryLMKHart69 min
Feb 24, 8:26 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKHart52 hr
Feb 24, 10:27 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKGarrard, Jessamine, Mercer27 hr
Feb 24, 10:29 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKHardin, Jefferson, Meade5 days
Feb 24, 10:30 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryLMKAnderson, Franklin, Woodford8 hr
Feb 24, 10:32 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKWarren30 hr
Feb 24, 11:04 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKHardin, Nelson68 hr
Feb 24, 3:27 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningLMKClinton, Cumberland, Monroe, Russell24 hr
Feb 24, 6:08 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKAnderson, Franklin, Woodford65 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Kentucky, 2019Every river flood advisory 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.