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River Flood Warning 32, NWS Louisville, KY

May 20, 2020Carroll County, Henry County, Owen County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at May 20, 2020, 9:59 AM EDT for Carroll County, Henry County, Owen County, Kentucky. It took effect at May 20, 2020, 1:52 PM EDT. It was in force for 62 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 20, 2020, 9:59 AM EDT (13:59 UTC)
In effect from
May 20, 2020, 1:52 PM EDT
Expired
May 23, 2020, 3:29 AM EDT
In force
62 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Carroll County, KY, Henry County, KY, Owen County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Kentucky River at Lockport (LPTK2). The gauge peaked at 34.51 ft at May 21, 2020, 2:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
30 ft
Minor stage
33 ft
Moderate stage
43 ft
Major stage
49 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03290500, 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 May 19, 7:26 PM EDT, 14 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 7:26 PM EDT, 14 hours 33 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 5:03 AM EDTDense Fog AdvisoryLMKButler, Logan, Simpson, Warren3 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.