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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Louisville, KY

February 13, 2020Hardin County, Jefferson County, Meade County, Kentucky; Clark County, Floyd County, Harrison County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 13, 2020, 10:45 AM EST for Hardin County, Jefferson County, Meade County, Kentucky; Clark County, Floyd County, Harrison County, Indiana. It took effect at Feb 14, 2020, 10:00 PM EST. It was in force for 20 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 13, 2020, 10:45 AM EST (15:45 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 14, 2020, 10:00 PM EST
Expired: Mar 5, 2020, 10:45 AM EST
In force: 20 days
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Clark County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Hardin County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Meade County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ohio River at McAlpine Lower (MLPK2).

Action stage: 53 ft
Minor stage: 55 ft
Moderate stage: 65 ft
Major stage: 73 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03294500, 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 13, 10:28 AM EST, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 13, 10:28 AM EST, 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 13, 10:24 AM EST, 21 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
Feb 12, 7:07 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Allen, Barren, Metcalfe, Monroe	6 hr
Feb 12, 7:10 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Anderson, Green, Larue, Marion, Nelson, Taylor and 1 more	5 hr
Feb 12, 7:14 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Russell, Taylor	46 min
Feb 12, 7:34 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Boyle, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer	6 hr
Feb 12, 7:35 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Anderson, Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Harrison, Madison and 4 more	6 hr
Feb 12, 7:49 PM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Nicholas, Robertson	31 hr
Feb 12, 7:52 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Edmonson, Grayson, Hart, Simpson, Warren	3 hr
Feb 12, 7:52 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Russell	3 hr
Feb 12, 7:54 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Warren	36 hr
Feb 12, 7:55 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Hart	15 hr
Feb 12, 7:55 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Ohio	11 hr
Feb 12, 10:28 PM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Carroll, Henry, Owen	4 days
Feb 12, 11:22 PM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Bourbon	24 hr
Feb 13, 12:07 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Russell	5 hr
Feb 13, 12:48 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Allen, Barren, Metcalfe, Monroe	4 hr
Feb 13, 12:55 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Franklin	36 hr
Feb 13, 4:40 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Garrard, Jessamine	36 hr
Feb 13, 6:51 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Ohio	25 hr
Feb 13, 10:45 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Jefferson, Oldham	21 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2020 River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2020 Every 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.