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River Flood Warning 34, NWS Louisville, KY

February 24, 2019Bourbon County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 24, 2019, 1:59 AM EST for Bourbon County, Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 24, 2019, 6:46 AM EST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 24, 2019, 1:59 AM EST (06:59 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 24, 2019, 6:46 AM EST
Expired: Feb 25, 2019, 12:47 AM EST
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Bourbon County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Stoner Creek at Paris (PRSK2). The gauge peaked at 18.96 ft at Feb 24, 2019, 5:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03251900, 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 24, 12:58 AM EST, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 12:58 AM EST, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 23, 10:13 PM EST, 3 hours 46 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 23, 10:12 PM EST, 3 hours 47 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.

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RJS

Local storm report, Feb 23, 10:22 PM EST, 3 hours 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1022 PM EST SAT FEB 23 2019

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

1009 PM     FLASH FLOOD      3 NNE GRADYVILLE        37.13N 85.40W
02/23/2019                   ADAIR              KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ROADS AFFECTED BY FLOODING: RUSSELL CREEK AT
            MILLTOWN RD IN MILLTOWN, WHITE OAK CHURCH
            ROAD AT COFFEY HOLE, AND ABRELL ROAD.

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SSC

Local storm report, Feb 23, 10:35 PM EST, 3 hours 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 23, 10:45 PM EST, 3 hours 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 23, 10:57 PM EST, 3 hours 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 23, 11:05 PM EST, 2 hours 54 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, 12:42 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Garrard, Jessamine	3 days
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, 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

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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.