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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Louisville, KY

February 20, 2019Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 20, 2019, 8:09 PM CST for Warren County, Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 21, 2019, 1:00 AM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 20, 2019, 8:09 PM CST (02:09 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 21, 2019, 1:00 AM CST
Expired: Feb 21, 2019, 10:19 AM CST
In force: 9 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 02:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Drakes Creek near Alvaton (ALVK2). The gauge peaked at 25.52 ft at Feb 21, 2019, 3:00 AM CST.

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 Feb 20, 5:03 PM CST, 3 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 5:03 PM CST, 3 hours 6 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
Feb 20, 7:55 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Franklin	22 hr
Feb 20, 7:59 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Nicholas, Robertson	31 hr
Feb 20, 8:11 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Carroll, Henry, Owen	36 hr
Feb 20, 9:01 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Hardin, Nelson	60 hr
Feb 21, 1:09 PM CST	Flash Flood Watch	LMK	Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 42 more	59 hr
Feb 21, 3:04 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Carroll, Henry, Owen	7 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2019 Every 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.