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River Flood Warning 43, NWS Louisville, KY

March 10, 2019Butler County, Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Mar 10, 2019, 2:56 PM CDT for Butler County, Warren County, Kentucky. It took effect at Mar 11, 2019, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 44 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 10, 2019, 2:56 PM CDT (19:56 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 11, 2019, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 12, 2019, 9:08 PM CDT
In force: 44 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Butler County, KY, Warren County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Green River (KY) above Woodbury (WDHK2).

Action stage: 24 ft
Minor stage: 26 ft
Moderate stage: 38 ft
Major stage: 41 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03315500, 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 Mar 10, 2:13 PM CDT, 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 2:13 PM CDT, 43 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
Mar 9, 6:19 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe	26 min
Mar 9, 7:09 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland	36 min
Mar 9, 7:22 PM CST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe, Russell	3 hr
Mar 9, 7:43 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clinton	32 min
Mar 9, 10:58 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Bourbon	19 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.