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River Flood Advisory 3, NWS Louisville, KY

January 12, 2020Butler County, Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood advisory at Jan 12, 2020, 12:32 PM CST for Butler County, Warren County, Kentucky. It took effect at Jan 12, 2020, 5:32 PM CST. It was in force for 115 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 12, 2020, 12:32 PM CST (18:32 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 12, 2020, 5:32 PM CST
Expired: Jan 12, 2020, 7:27 PM CST
In force: 115 min
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

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 18:34 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 26.10 ft at Jan 13, 2020, 6:00 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 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 12, 11:41 AM CST, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 11:41 AM CST, 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 12, 11:38 AM CST, 54 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 11, 8:33 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Ohio	8 hr
Jan 12, 4:18 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Ohio	26 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.