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River Flood Advisory 2, NWS Louisville, KY

January 11, 2020Ohio County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood advisory at Jan 11, 2020, 8:33 PM CST for Ohio County, Kentucky. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 11, 2020, 8:33 PM CST (02:33 UTC)
Expired: Jan 12, 2020, 4:19 AM CST
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Ohio County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Rough River near Dundee (DUNK2). The gauge peaked at 25.42 ft at Jan 12, 2020, 5:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 23 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 28 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03319000, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Jan 11, 8:01 PM CST, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 11, 8:01 PM CST, 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 11, 7:25 PM CST, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 11, 7:07 PM CST, 1 hour 26 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Louisville KY
807 PM EST Sat Jan 11 2020

KYZ029>031-033>035-038-039-045>047-053>055-064-065-120145-
Jefferson-Oldham-Shelby-Henry-Mercer-Franklin-Spencer-Washington-
Anderson-Boyle-Bullitt-Marion-Taylor-Nelson-Larue-Green-
807 PM EST Sat Jan 11 2020

...A LINE OF SHOWERS WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN OLDHAM...SHELBY...
NELSON...ANDERSON...HENRY...EASTERN LARUE...MARION...NORTHWESTERN
TAYLOR...EASTERN JEFFERSON...EASTERN BULLITT...WESTERN FRANKLIN...
SPENCER...WESTERN MERCER...CENTRAL GREEN...WASHINGTON AND
NORTHWESTERN BOYLE COUNTIES...

At 807 PM EST/707 PM CST/, radar indicated showers were located along
a line extending from Buechel to near Greensburg. Movement was
northeast at 70 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible with these showers.

Locations impacted include...
Louisville, Frankfort, Jeffersontown, Shelbyville, Bardstown,
Shepherdsville, Lyndon, Lawrenceburg, Campbellsville and Harrodsburg.

Brief heavy rainfall is also occurring with these showers, and may
cause localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

LAT...LON 3856 8506 3857 8504 3855 8500 3851 8503
      3851 8498 3849 8499 3847 8495 3843 8496
      3844 8495 3846 8492 3845 8491 3844 8493
      3842 8488 3838 8490 3837 8488 3768 8485
      3727 8553 3817 8571 3859 8514 3860 8508
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 222DEG 60KT 3820 8563 3734 8548

SCHOETTMER

Local storm report, Jan 11, 7:12 PM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
812 PM EST SAT JAN 11 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0808 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 4 NW OKOLONA            38.18N 85.74W
01/11/2020  M59 MPH          JEFFERSON          KY   ASOS

            KSDF ASOS MEASURED A 59 MPH WIND GUST AT 808
            PM EST.

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Local storm report, Jan 11, 8:01 PM CST, 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 11, 8:07 PM CST, 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 11, 8:08 PM CST, 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 11, 8:18 PM CST, 15 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
Jan 11, 6:29 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Barren, Cumberland, Green, Hart, Larue, Metcalfe and 2 more	31 min
Jan 11, 7:07 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Henry, Jefferson, Marion, Mercer, Nelson and 3 more	38 min
Jan 11, 7:12 PM CST	High Wind Warning	LMK	Adair, Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Bullitt, Casey and 25 more	2 hr
Jan 12, 4:18 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Ohio	26 hr
Jan 12, 12:32 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Butler, Warren	7 hr
Jan 12, 1:40 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio	36 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Kentucky, 2020 Every river flood advisory in 2020

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.