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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Louisville, KY

March 20, 2020Butler County, Muhlenberg County, Ohio County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Mar 20, 2020, 9:47 AM CDT for Butler County, Muhlenberg County, Ohio County, Kentucky. It took effect at Mar 20, 2020, 9:34 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 20, 2020, 9:47 AM CDT (14:47 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 20, 2020, 9:34 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 25, 2020, 9:56 AM CDT
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

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 14:45 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 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 20, 5:53 AM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 20, 5:53 AM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 20, 6:14 AM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 20, 4:18 AM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 20, 5:05 AM CDT, 4 hours 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 20, 5:27 AM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 20, 6:24 AM CDT, 3 hours 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, 9:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Trimble	23 min
Mar 20, 3:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Grayson, Ohio	39 min
Mar 20, 3:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Simpson, Warren	43 min
Mar 20, 3:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe	35 min
Mar 20, 4:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Boyle, Garrard, Madison	27 min
Mar 20, 5:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	25 min
Mar 20, 5:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen, Simpson	33 min
Mar 20, 5:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Simpson, Warren	29 min
Mar 20, 5:52 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Allen, Barren, Logan, Simpson, Warren	3 hr
Mar 20, 6:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair, Metcalfe	36 min
Mar 20, 6:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Metcalfe	36 min
Mar 19, 7:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Dubois	27 min
Mar 19, 7:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Dubois	2 hr
Mar 19, 7:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Orange	50 min
Mar 19, 8:39 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Orange	3 hr
Mar 19, 8:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Scott, Washington	47 min
Mar 20, 2:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Crawford, Dubois, Orange	30 min
Mar 20, 2:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Dubois, Orange	3 hr
Mar 20, 2:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Dubois, Orange	28 min
Mar 20, 2:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Washington	25 min
Mar 20, 3:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	16 min
Mar 20, 3:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Jefferson	12 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.