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River Flood Warning 10, NWS Louisville, KY

February 12, 2020Hardin County, Nelson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 12, 2020, 10:45 AM EST for Hardin County, Nelson County, Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 12, 2020, 8:15 PM EST. It was in force for 66 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 12, 2020, 10:45 AM EST (15:45 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 12, 2020, 8:15 PM EST
Expired
Feb 15, 2020, 1:46 PM EST
In force
66 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Hardin County, KY, Nelson County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Rolling Fork River near Boston (BSNK2). The gauge peaked at 36.63 ft at Feb 14, 2020, 3:00 PM EST.

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Action stage
33 ft
Minor stage
35 ft
Moderate stage
42 ft
Major stage
45 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03301500, 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 12, 6:26 AM EST, 4 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 6:26 AM EST, 4 hours 19 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 12, 11:07 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKBreckinridge, Hancock21 days
Feb 12, 11:07 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningLMKHancock9 days
Feb 12, 5:54 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKBullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade, Oldham, Shelby and 1 more3 hr
Feb 12, 6:13 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKButler, Logan4 hr
Feb 12, 6:24 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKBreckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Hancock, Hardin, Nelson and 1 more3 hr
Feb 12, 6:36 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKTrimble3 hr
Feb 12, 6:51 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKBullitt, Franklin, Henry, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer and 1 more3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2020Every river flood warning 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.