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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Louisville, KY

January 2, 2019Butler County, Muhlenberg County, Ohio County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Jan 2, 2019, 9:12 AM CST for Butler County, Muhlenberg County, Ohio County, Kentucky. It took effect at Jan 2, 2019, 10:00 PM CST. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 2, 2019, 9:12 AM CST (15:12 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 2, 2019, 10:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 4, 2019, 7:09 AM CST
In force
33 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Butler County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Ohio County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Green River (KY) at Rochester (RCHK2).

Action stage
34 ft
Minor stage
37 ft
Moderate stage
45 ft
Major stage
50 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03315850, 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, 5:44 PM CST, 15 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 5:44 PM CST, 15 hours 28 minutes before
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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.