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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Louisville, KY

March 13, 2020Butler County, Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Mar 13, 2020, 7:24 AM CDT for Butler County, Warren County, Kentucky. It took effect at Mar 13, 2020, 5:30 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 13, 2020, 7:24 AM CDT (12:24 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 13, 2020, 5:30 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 16, 2020, 6:34 PM CDT
In force
3 days
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

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 12:29 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 27.50 ft at Mar 15, 2020, 12:00 PM CDT.

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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 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 Mar 13, 5:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 5:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 12, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKButler, Edmonson, Grayson47 min
Mar 12, 7:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAdair, Casey3 hr
Mar 12, 7:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCasey39 min
Mar 12, 7:23 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAdair, Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe3 hr
Mar 12, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Cumberland, Metcalfe50 min
Mar 12, 7:30 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKBourbon, Clark, Nicholas2 hr
Mar 12, 7:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLogan, Simpson, Warren36 min
Mar 12, 7:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKClinton, Russell3 hr
Mar 12, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBarren, Hart27 min
Mar 12, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKClinton, Russell26 min
Mar 12, 8:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMetcalfe35 min
Mar 12, 8:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAllen27 min
Mar 12, 8:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKBarren, Metcalfe34 min
Mar 12, 9:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMonroe38 min
Mar 12, 9:14 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLMKBarren, Edmonson6 hr
Mar 12, 10:16 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningLMKAdair, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Russell6 hr
Mar 12, 10:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAnderson17 min
Mar 13, 10:23 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLMKButler, Muhlenberg, Ohio4 days

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.