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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Louisville, KY

January 20, 2019Bourbon County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Jan 20, 2019, 3:41 AM EST for Bourbon County, Kentucky. It took effect at Jan 20, 2019, 8:00 AM EST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 20, 2019, 3:41 AM EST (08:41 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 20, 2019, 8:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 20, 2019, 2:55 PM EST
In force
7 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 08:45 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 17.95 ft at Jan 20, 2019, 10:00 AM EST.

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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 Jan 19, 6:57 PM EST, 8 hours 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 19, 6:57 PM EST, 8 hours 44 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.