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River Flood Warning 47, NWS Louisville, KY

April 13, 2022Butler County, Muhlenberg County, Ohio County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Apr 13, 2022, 10:51 AM CDT for Butler County, Muhlenberg County, Ohio County, Kentucky. It took effect at Apr 14, 2022, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 13, 2022, 10:51 AM CDT (15:51 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 14, 2022, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 17, 2022, 7:42 AM CDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Butler County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Ohio County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Green River (KY) at Rochester (RCHK2).

Action stage: 34 ft
Minor stage: 37 ft
Moderate stage: 45 ft
Major stage: 50 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03315850, 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 Apr 13, 8:28 AM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 8:28 AM CDT, 2 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
Apr 13, 1:53 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	LMK	Allen, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Edmonson and 17 more	23 hr
Apr 13, 10:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Warren	59 hr
Apr 13, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Butler, Grayson, Hancock, Logan, Ohio	41 min
Apr 13, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Allen, Butler, Logan, Simpson, Warren	37 min
Apr 13, 6:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Butler, Grayson, Ohio	34 min
Apr 13, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Breckinridge, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin, Ohio and 1 more	44 min
Apr 13, 6:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin, Hart	34 min
Apr 13, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Allen, Barren, Simpson, Warren	33 min
Apr 13, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Jefferson, Meade	27 min
Apr 13, 6:49 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Breckinridge, Butler, Grayson, Hancock, Ohio	3 hr
Apr 13, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Dubois	29 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2022 Every river flood warning in 2022

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.