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River Flood Warning 50, NWS Louisville, KY

June 18, 2019Franklin County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Jun 18, 2019, 3:40 AM EDT for Franklin County, Kentucky. It took effect at Jun 18, 2019, 6:50 AM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 18, 2019, 3:40 AM EDT (07:40 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 18, 2019, 6:50 AM EDT
Expired: Jun 18, 2019, 2:27 PM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Franklin County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Elkhorn Creek at Peaks Mill (PKMK2). The gauge peaked at 9.87 ft at Jun 18, 2019, 4:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03289500, 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 Jun 18, 3:32 AM EDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 3:32 AM EDT, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 9:59 PM EDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 9:45 PM EDT, 5 hours 55 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
Jun 17, 8:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson	44 min
Jun 17, 8:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Edmonson, Hart	52 min
Jun 17, 8:49 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt	26 min
Jun 17, 9:23 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt	37 min
Jun 17, 9:36 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Franklin, Shelby	3 hr
Jun 17, 9:45 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt	30 min
Jun 17, 9:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Spencer	17 min
Jun 17, 10:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Shelby, Spencer	29 min
Jun 17, 10:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hancock, Hardin, Meade	2 hr
Jun 17, 10:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Fayette, Franklin, Scott, Woodford	31 min
Jun 17, 10:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin	14 min
Jun 17, 11:00 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Hardin	30 min
Jun 17, 11:01 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Franklin, Scott	3 hr
Jun 18, 1:03 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Fayette, Jessamine, Mercer, Washington, Woodford	3 hr
Jun 18, 2:37 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Franklin	36 hr
Jun 18, 8:48 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Nicholas, Robertson	17 hr
Jun 18, 9:48 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Cumberland, Monroe	3 hr
Jun 18, 5:04 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Jefferson	116 min
Jun 18, 9:37 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Dubois	113 min
Jun 18, 1:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Harrison, Orange, Washington	3 hr
Jun 18, 2:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Clark, Washington	3 hr
Jun 18, 7:10 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Harrison, Washington	22 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.