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River Flood Warning 77, NWS Louisville, KY

December 31, 2019Hardin County, Nelson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Dec 31, 2019, 5:48 AM EST for Hardin County, Nelson County, Kentucky. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 31, 2019, 5:48 AM EST (10:48 UTC)
Expired
Jan 1, 2020, 9:35 AM EST
In force
28 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Hardin County, KY, Nelson County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Rolling Fork River near Boston (BSNK2). The gauge peaked at 36.15 ft at Dec 31, 2019, 7:00 PM EST.

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Action stage
33 ft
Minor stage
35 ft
Moderate stage
42 ft
Major stage
45 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03301500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 30, 9:15 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryLMKHardin, Nelson9 hr
Dec 31, 4:00 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMK66 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2019Every 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.