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Areal Flood Warning 15, NWS Louisville, KY

March 1, 202123 counties in Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this areal flood warning at Mar 1, 2021, 8:55 AM CST for 23 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 12 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 1, 2021, 8:55 AM CST (14:55 UTC)
Expired
Mar 1, 2021, 8:45 PM CST
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None
All 23 counties

Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Butler County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Green County, KY, Hart County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Russell County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Warren County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Mar 1, 5:02 AM CST, 3 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 1, 5:02 AM CST, 3 hours 53 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 1, 3:27 AM CST, 5 hours 28 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 1, 7:22 AM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 1, 7:55 AM CST, 1 hour before
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Local storm report, Mar 1, 8:41 AM CST, 14 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 28, 7:01 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKAllen, Barren, Logan, Simpson, Warren6 hr
Feb 28, 7:07 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAllen, Barren, Monroe38 min
Feb 28, 7:20 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLMKSimpson25 min
Feb 28, 7:37 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKCumberland, Monroe38 min
Feb 28, 7:59 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningLMKAdair, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe, Russell4 hr
Feb 28, 8:07 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClinton, Cumberland, Russell23 min
Feb 28, 8:14 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKAdair, Clinton, Russell16 min
Feb 28, 8:43 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningLMKBoyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison13 hr
Feb 28, 8:46 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningLMKBarren, Edmonson, Green, Hart, Larue, Marion and 3 more13 hr
Feb 28, 9:04 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningLMKAnderson, Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Garrard and 6 more9 hr
Feb 28, 9:21 PM CSTAreal Flood WarningLMKButler, Logan, Warren12 hr
Mar 1, 12:01 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningLMKAdair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe and 1 more9 hr
Mar 1, 12:48 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningLMKAllen, Barren, Logan, Simpson, Warren9 hr
Mar 1, 2:52 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLMKWarren44 hr
Mar 1, 4:04 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLMKCumberland, Monroe9 hr
Mar 1, 10:31 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLMKHancock21 days
Feb 28, 6:49 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningLMKJefferson, Scott9 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.