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River Flood Warning 41, NWS Louisville, KY

February 25, 2019Clark County, Madison County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 25, 2019, 6:55 AM EST for Clark County, Madison County, Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 25, 2019, 11:45 AM EST. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 25, 2019, 6:55 AM EST (11:55 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 25, 2019, 11:45 AM EST
Expired: Feb 26, 2019, 9:05 PM EST
In force: 33 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Clark County, KY, Madison County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Kentucky River at Ford Lock (FODK2). The gauge peaked at 26.88 ft at Feb 26, 2019, 4:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 24 ft
Minor stage: 26 ft
Moderate stage: 35 ft
Major stage: 40 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03284000, 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, 6:22 PM EST, 12 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 6:22 PM EST, 12 hours 33 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 24, 10:09 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Casey, Green, Taylor	12 hr
Feb 25, 9:14 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Garrard, Jessamine, Mercer	14 hr
Feb 25, 9:48 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Casey, Green, Taylor	6 hr
Feb 25, 3:28 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe, Russell	24 hr
Feb 25, 3:44 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Taylor	4 days

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.