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River Flood Warning 24, NWS Louisville, KY

March 19, 2020Butler County, Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Mar 19, 2020, 2:11 PM CDT for Butler County, Warren County, Kentucky. It took effect at Mar 20, 2020, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 19, 2020, 2:11 PM CDT (19:11 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 20, 2020, 5:00 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 23, 2020, 9:10 PM CDT
In force: 4 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 19:14 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 29.88 ft at Mar 22, 2020, 2:00 AM CDT.

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 19, 12:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 12:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 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
Mar 19, 3:23 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	LMK	Anderson, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Franklin, Grayson and 14 more	27 hr
Mar 19, 5:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Trimble	36 min
Mar 19, 5:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Warren	34 min
Mar 19, 5:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Simpson	30 min
Mar 19, 5:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Warren	34 min
Mar 19, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen	34 min
Mar 19, 6:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Casey	36 min
Mar 19, 4:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark	28 min
Mar 19, 4:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark	35 min

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.