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River Flood Warning 32, NWS Louisville, KY
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.
- 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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Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 20, 5:03 AM EDT | Dense Fog Advisory | LMK | Butler, Logan, Simpson, Warren | 3 hr |
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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.