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River Flood Advisory 4, NWS Louisville, KY

January 12, 2020Butler County, Muhlenberg County, Ohio County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood advisory at Jan 12, 2020, 1:40 PM CST for Butler County, Muhlenberg County, Ohio County, Kentucky. It took effect at Jan 13, 2020, 4:00 PM CST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 12, 2020, 1:40 PM CST (19:40 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 13, 2020, 4:00 PM CST
Expired: Jan 14, 2020, 1:36 AM CST
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

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 19:38 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 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, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 12, 11:41 AM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 12, 10:29 AM CST, 3 hours 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 12, 11:38 AM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 12, 1:23 PM CST, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
223 PM EST SUN JAN 12 2020

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

0803 PM     NON-TSTM WND DMG 6 E EXIE                37.18N 85.43W
01/11/2020                   GREEN              KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EM REPORTED BARN COMPLETELY DESTROYED NEAR
            RUSSELL CREEK ROAD IN GREEN COUNTY. TIME
            ESTIMATED.

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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, 12:32 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Butler, Warren	7 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.