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Flash Flood Watch 9, NWS Louisville, KY

August 14, 202049 counties in Kentucky; 5 counties in Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this flash flood watch at Aug 14, 2020, 8:20 AM CDT for 49 counties in Kentucky; 5 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 14, 2020, 8:20 AM CDT (13:20 UTC)
Expired: Aug 15, 2020, 2:09 AM CDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Flood severity: None

All 54 counties

Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Perry County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Aug 13, 6:18 PM CDT, 14 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 6:18 PM CDT, 14 hours 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 13, 1:47 PM CDT, 18 hours 33 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
Aug 14, 1:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Hancock	2 hr
Aug 14, 2:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Breckinridge	119 min
Aug 14, 3:08 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Hancock	2 hr
Aug 14, 3:25 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock	3 hr
Aug 14, 4:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Hancock	2 hr
Aug 14, 4:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Meade	114 min
Aug 14, 5:01 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Jefferson	119 min
Aug 14, 5:18 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Hancock	3 hr
Aug 14, 5:39 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Hardin	3 hr
Aug 14, 6:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	4 hr
Aug 14, 6:58 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Meade	4 hr
Aug 14, 8:06 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Green, Larue, Marion, Nelson, Taylor	3 hr
Aug 14, 9:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Casey	3 hr
Aug 14, 2:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Ohio	43 min
Aug 14, 4:44 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Butler, Logan, Warren	2 hr
Aug 14, 5:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Warren	102 min
Aug 14, 5:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Simpson	29 min
Aug 14, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen	34 min
Aug 14, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen	34 min
Aug 14, 3:17 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Perry	3 hr
Aug 14, 5:36 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Harrison	3 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.