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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Louisville, KY

January 1, 2019Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Jan 1, 2019, 4:27 AM CST for Warren County, Kentucky. It took effect at Jan 1, 2019, 6:25 AM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 1, 2019, 4:27 AM CST (10:27 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 1, 2019, 6:25 AM CST
Expired
Jan 1, 2019, 4:39 PM CST
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Warren County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Drakes Creek near Alvaton (ALVK2). The gauge peaked at 24.77 ft at Jan 1, 2019, 9:00 AM CST.

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Action stage
22 ft
Minor stage
24 ft
Moderate stage
35 ft
Major stage
42 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03314000, 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 Jan 1, 1:58 AM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 1:58 AM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 1, 2:14 AM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Louisville KY
314 AM EST Tue Jan 1 2019

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ023>043-045>049-053>057-061>067-
070>078-081-082-020815-
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
314 AM EST Tue Jan 1 2019 /214 AM CST Tue Jan 1 2019/

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...Wednesday through Monday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

&&

More information, along with other weather, hydrological and
climate information can be found, at weather.gov/louisville.

BJS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 31, 10:35 PM CST, 5 hours 52 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 1, 8:34 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLMKButler, Warren3 days
Jan 1, 4:46 PM CSTRiver Flood AdvisoryLMKHardin, Nelson28 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2019Every river flood warning 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.