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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Louisville, KY

February 4, 2022Warren County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 4, 2022, 1:09 AM CST for Warren County, Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 4, 2022, 2:41 AM CST. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 4, 2022, 1:09 AM CST (07:09 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 4, 2022, 2:41 AM CST
Expired: Feb 4, 2022, 8:06 PM CST
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Warren County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Drakes Creek near Alvaton (ALVK2). The gauge peaked at 26.91 ft at Feb 4, 2022, 8:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 22 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 35 ft
Major stage: 42 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03314000, 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 Feb 3, 5:33 PM CST, 7 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 5:33 PM CST, 7 hours 36 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
Feb 3, 8:40 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Warren	5 hr
Feb 3, 8:42 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Nicholas, Robertson	5 hr
Feb 3, 8:45 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Franklin	35 hr
Feb 3, 8:47 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Ohio	35 hr
Feb 3, 10:05 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Cumberland, Monroe	8 hr
Feb 3, 10:42 PM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Nicholas, Robertson	55 hr
Feb 3, 11:42 PM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio	2 hr
Feb 4, 1:58 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Warren	4 days
Feb 4, 2:02 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio	4 days
Feb 4, 4:14 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Hardin, Nelson	6 hr
Feb 4, 9:48 AM CST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Hardin, Nelson	47 hr
Feb 4, 9:59 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Hart	22 hr

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.