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River Flood Warning 28, NWS Louisville, KY

February 23, 2019Jefferson County, Oldham County, Kentucky; Clark County, Floyd County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 23, 2019, 8:01 AM EST for Jefferson County, Oldham County, Kentucky; Clark County, Floyd County, Indiana. It took effect at Feb 23, 2019, 9:35 PM EST. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 23, 2019, 8:01 AM EST (13:01 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 23, 2019, 9:35 PM EST
Expired: Mar 1, 2019, 9:52 PM EST
In force: 6 days
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Clark County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Jefferson County, KY, Oldham County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ohio River at McAlpine Upper (MLUK2). The gauge peaked at 26.04 ft at Feb 27, 2019, 11:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 21 ft
Minor stage: 23 ft
Moderate stage: 30 ft
Major stage: 38 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03293551, 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 23, 6:42 AM EST, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 6:42 AM EST, 1 hour 19 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 23, 8:01 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock	8 days
Feb 23, 1:15 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Allen, Barren, Butler, Casey, Clinton and 11 more	3 hr
Feb 23, 3:20 PM EST	Wind Advisory	LMK	Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 43 more	29 hr
Feb 23, 4:41 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Breckinridge, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hancock, Logan and 3 more	3 hr
Feb 23, 5:05 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hancock, Logan and 3 more	9 hr
Feb 23, 5:53 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Edmonson, Grayson, Green and 8 more	6 hr
Feb 23, 5:59 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Allen, Barren, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland and 9 more	6 hr
Feb 23, 6:13 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin and 4 more	9 hr
Feb 23, 6:34 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Adair, Allen, Barren, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland and 9 more	9 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2019 River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 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.