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River Flood Warning 33, NWS Louisville, KY

May 23, 2020Hancock County, Kentucky; Perry County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at May 23, 2020, 9:46 AM CDT for Hancock County, Kentucky; Perry County, Indiana. It took effect at May 24, 2020, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2020, 9:46 AM CDT (14:46 UTC)
In effect from: May 24, 2020, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 27, 2020, 5:57 PM CDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Perry County, IN, Hancock County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 67 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 Ohio River at Tell City (TELI3).

Action stage: 36 ft
Minor stage: 38 ft
Moderate stage: 44 ft
Major stage: 50 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 23, 8:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 8:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 2:37 AM CDT, 7 hours 9 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 23, 5:23 AM CDT, 4 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
May 23, 2:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Franklin	23 min
May 23, 2:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Franklin, Henry, Scott, Shelby	33 min
May 23, 3:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Garrard, Lincoln	35 min
May 23, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Oldham, Trimble	35 min
May 23, 3:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Harrison, Scott	24 min
May 23, 3:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Garrard, Jessamine, Madison, Mercer	35 min
May 23, 3:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Oldham	24 min
May 23, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Oldham	27 min
May 23, 4:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Henry	37 min
May 23, 4:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Madison	35 min
May 23, 4:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Shelby	33 min
May 23, 4:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clark	38 min
May 23, 4:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Scott, Woodford	36 min
May 23, 4:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Jefferson	31 min
May 23, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Scott	23 min
May 23, 5:08 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Mercer	112 min
May 23, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson	30 min
May 23, 5:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson	3 hr
May 23, 5:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Scott	27 min
May 23, 5:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Spencer	23 min
May 23, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Shelby, Spencer	34 min
May 23, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Shelby, Spencer	37 min
May 23, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Shelby	32 min
May 23, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Shelby, Spencer	29 min
May 23, 6:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Henry, Shelby, Spencer, Woodford	3 hr
May 23, 2:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Washington	36 min
May 23, 2:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Scott	28 min
May 23, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Clark, Jefferson	35 min
May 23, 4:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Harrison	28 min
May 23, 6:25 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Jefferson, Scott, Washington	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2020 River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2020 Every 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.