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River Flood Warning 65, NWS Louisville, KY

December 17, 2019Butler County, Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Dec 17, 2019, 6:41 AM CST for Butler County, Warren County, Kentucky. It took effect at Dec 17, 2019, 10:52 AM CST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 17, 2019, 6:41 AM CST (12:41 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 17, 2019, 10:52 AM CST
Expired: Dec 21, 2019, 2:45 AM CST
In force: 4 days
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 12:39 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). The gauge peaked at 30.90 ft at Dec 19, 2019, 1:00 AM CST.

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 Dec 16, 5:41 PM CST, 13 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 16, 5:41 PM CST, 13 hours 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
Dec 16, 6:09 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Adair, Allen, Barren, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland and 13 more	8 hr
Dec 16, 7:23 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Nicholas, Robertson	3 days
Dec 16, 7:41 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Franklin	6 hr
Dec 16, 7:41 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Garrard, Jessamine	14 hr
Dec 16, 7:41 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Carroll, Henry, Owen	36 hr
Dec 16, 7:41 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Hardin, Nelson	36 hr
Dec 16, 7:41 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Warren	7 hr
Dec 16, 7:41 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Butler, Warren	11 hr
Dec 16, 7:41 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio	14 hr
Dec 17, 1:12 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Franklin	32 hr
Dec 17, 2:10 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Warren	20 hr
Dec 17, 7:19 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Ohio	26 hr
Dec 17, 9:30 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Hardin, Nelson	61 hr
Dec 17, 9:32 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Carroll, Henry, Owen	71 hr
Dec 17, 9:45 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio	4 days
Dec 17, 9:50 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Hart	5 hr
Dec 17, 9:56 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Hancock	72 hr
Dec 17, 9:58 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Woodford	10 hr
Dec 17, 2:24 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Hart	34 hr
Dec 17, 2:26 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Warren	15 hr

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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.