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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Louisville, KY

February 7, 2019Butler County, Muhlenberg County, Ohio County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 7, 2019, 10:44 PM CST for Butler County, Muhlenberg County, Ohio County, Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 8, 2019, 3:20 AM CST. It was in force for 25 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 7, 2019, 10:44 PM CST (04:44 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 8, 2019, 3:20 AM CST
Expired: Mar 5, 2019, 7:32 AM CST
In force: 25 days
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Butler County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Ohio County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Green River (KY) at Rochester (RCHK2).

Action stage: 34 ft
Minor stage: 37 ft
Moderate stage: 45 ft
Major stage: 50 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03315850, 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 7, 5:47 PM CST, 4 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 5:47 PM CST, 4 hours 57 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 7, 6:25 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland, Russell	35 min
Feb 8, 3:40 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Ohio	26 hr
Feb 7, 7:21 PM CST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Dubois	6 hr
Feb 8, 12:05 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Harrison, Washington	8 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.