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River Flood Warning 37, NWS Louisville, KY

February 24, 2019Hardin County, Jefferson County, Meade County, Kentucky; Clark County, Floyd County, Harrison County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 24, 2019, 10:29 AM EST for Hardin County, Jefferson County, Meade County, Kentucky; Clark County, Floyd County, Harrison County, Indiana. It took effect at Feb 25, 2019, 4:00 AM EST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 24, 2019, 10:29 AM EST (15:29 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 25, 2019, 4:00 AM EST
Expired: Mar 1, 2019, 3:38 PM EST
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Clark County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Hardin County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Meade County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ohio River at McAlpine Lower (MLPK2).

Action stage: 53 ft
Minor stage: 55 ft
Moderate stage: 65 ft
Major stage: 73 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03294500, 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, 6:39 AM EST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 6:39 AM EST, 3 hours 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 24, 3:54 AM EST, 6 hours 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 24, 9:11 AM EST, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 24, 9:25 AM EST, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 24, 9:54 AM EST, 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 24, 9:59 AM EST, 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 24, 10:03 AM EST, 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1003 AM EST SUN FEB 24 2019

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

0930 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 4 SE MILLERSBURG        38.27N 84.10W
02/24/2019  M50 MPH          NICHOLAS           KY   MESONET

            MEASURED AT THE NICHOLAS COUNTY MESONET
            SITE.

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Local storm report, Feb 24, 10:16 AM EST, 13 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, 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, 10:30 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 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.