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River Flood Warning 32, NWS Louisville, KY

February 24, 2019Garrard County, Jessamine County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 24, 2019, 12:42 AM EST for Garrard County, Jessamine County, Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 24, 2019, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 24, 2019, 12:42 AM EST (05:42 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 24, 2019, 1:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 27, 2019, 10:29 AM EST
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Garrard County, KY, Jessamine County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Kentucky River at Camp Nelson (CPNK2).

Action stage: 28 ft
Minor stage: 30 ft
Moderate stage: 36 ft
Major stage: 40 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03284500, 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, 9:39 PM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 9:39 PM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 23, 10:13 PM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Louisville KY
1013 PM EST Sat Feb 23 2019

KYZ023>031-033>043-045>049-053>057-066-067-250315-
Hancock-Breckinridge-Meade-Ohio-Grayson-Hardin-Bullitt-Jefferson-
Oldham-Henry-Shelby-Franklin-Scott-Harrison-Spencer-Anderson-
Woodford-Fayette-Bourbon-Nicholas-Nelson-Washington-Mercer-Jessamine-
Clark-Larue-Marion-Boyle-Garrard-Madison-Casey-Lincoln-
Including the cities of Lewisport, Hawesville, Hardinsburg,
Brandenburg, Hartford, Leitchfield, Elizabethtown, Shepherdsville,
Louisville, La Grange, New Castle, Shelbyville, Frankfort,
Georgetown, Cynthiana, Taylorsville, Lawrenceburg, Versailles,
Lexington, Paris, Carlisle, Bardstown, Springfield, Harrodsburg,
Nicholasville, Winchester, Hodgenville, Lebanon, Danville,
Lancaster, Richmond, Liberty, and Stanford
1013 PM EST Sat Feb 23 2019 /913 PM CST Sat Feb 23 2019/

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/
SUNDAY...
...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EST /3 AM CST/ TO 7 PM EST
/6 PM CST/ SUNDAY...

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

.DAY ONE...Overnight.

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

Steady rain will end late this evening and overnight, but some areal
flooding will continue for a few hours after the rain ends.

Winds will increase overnight and will gust to around 30 mph before
daybreak.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Strong, very gusty west winds will occur on Sunday 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, especially over north-central
Kentucky.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters should report flooding overnight, and strong wind gusts on
Sunday.

INZ076>079-083-084-089>092-KYZ032-250315-
Orange-Washington-Scott-Jefferson-Dubois-Crawford-Perry-Harrison-
Floyd-Clark-Trimble-
Including the cities of Paoli, Salem, Scottsburg, Madison, Jasper,
English, Tell City, Corydon, New Albany, Jeffersonville, Bedford,
and Milton
1013 PM EST Sat Feb 23 2019 /913 PM CST Sat Feb 23 2019/

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM EST /3 AM CST/ TO 7 PM EST
/6 PM CST/ SUNDAY...

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

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

Winds will increase overnight and will gust over 30 mph before
daybreak.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Strong, very gusty west winds will occur on Sunday 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.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters should report strong wind gusts on Sunday.

KYZ061>065-070>078-081-082-250315-
Butler-Edmonson-Hart-Green-Taylor-Logan-Warren-Simpson-Allen-Barren-
Monroe-Metcalfe-Adair-Russell-Cumberland-Clinton-
Including the cities of Morgantown, Brownsville, Horse Cave,
Greensburg, Campbellsville, Russellville, Bowling Green, Franklin,
Providence, Scottsville, Glasgow, Tompkinsville, Edmonton, Columbia,
Jamestown, Burkesville, and Albany
1013 PM EST Sat Feb 23 2019 /913 PM CST Sat Feb 23 2019/

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EST /MIDNIGHT CST/
SUNDAY...

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight.

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

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

Steady rain will end late this evening and overnight, but some areal
flooding will continue for a few hours after the rain ends.

Winds will increase overnight and will gust to around 30 mph before
daybreak.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Strong, very gusty west winds will occur on Sunday 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.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters should report flooding overnight, and gusty winds on
Sunday.

TWF/BJS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 23, 10:12 PM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1012 PM EST SAT FEB 23 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1007 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 SSE REDHOUSE          37.78N 84.24W
02/23/2019                   MADISON            KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WATER ALONG HUNTER LN AND UNION CITY ROAD IS
            MOVING SWIFTLY ALONG THESE ROADS...ALSO OVER
            TATES CREEK RD. ALSO ON CATALPA LOOP IN THE
            CITY OF RICHMOND.

&&

RJS

Local storm report, Feb 23, 10:22 PM EST, 2 hours 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 23, 10:35 PM EST, 2 hours 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 23, 10:45 PM EST, 1 hour 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 23, 10:57 PM EST, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 23, 11:05 PM EST, 1 hour 37 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, 7:30 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Bullitt, Casey, Clark and 19 more	6 hr
Feb 23, 7:50 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Casey, Clark, Fayette and 10 more	6 hr
Feb 23, 9:06 PM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Ohio	48 hr
Feb 23, 9:13 PM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Warren	31 hr
Feb 23, 9:49 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Anderson, Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer and 3 more	6 hr
Feb 23, 10:22 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Hardin, Larue, Marion, Meade, Nelson	3 hr
Feb 24, 12:28 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Boyle, Green, Marion, Taylor	3 hr
Feb 24, 12:44 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Boyle, Jessamine, Mercer, Washington, Woodford	3 hr
Feb 24, 12:44 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Franklin	31 hr
Feb 24, 1:11 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Larue, Nelson	3 hr
Feb 24, 1:59 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Butler, Logan	3 hr
Feb 24, 1:59 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Bourbon	23 hr
Feb 24, 3:21 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Hart, Ohio, Simpson and 1 more	3 hr
Feb 24, 3:38 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Casey, Lincoln, Marion	3 hr
Feb 24, 5:58 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer	5 hr
Feb 24, 7:22 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Hart	69 min
Feb 24, 8:26 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Hart	52 hr
Feb 24, 10:27 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer	27 hr
Feb 24, 10:29 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Hardin, Jefferson, Meade	5 days
Feb 24, 10:30 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Woodford	8 hr
Feb 24, 10:32 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Warren	30 hr
Feb 24, 11:04 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Hardin, Nelson	68 hr
Feb 24, 3:27 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe, Russell	24 hr
Feb 24, 6:08 PM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Woodford	65 hr

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.