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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Louisville, KY

January 1, 2022Franklin County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Jan 1, 2022, 5:11 PM EST for Franklin County, Kentucky. It took effect at Jan 1, 2022, 7:40 PM EST. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 1, 2022, 5:11 PM EST (22:11 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 1, 2022, 7:40 PM EST
Expired: Jan 2, 2022, 7:48 PM EST
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

County Franklin County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Elkhorn Creek at Peaks Mill (PKMK2). The gauge peaked at 11.39 ft at Jan 2, 2022, 9:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03289500, 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 Jan 1, 3:24 PM EST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 3:24 PM EST, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 1, 3:34 PM EST, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 1, 2:30 PM EST, 2 hours 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 1, 3:12 PM EST, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 1, 4:06 PM EST, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 1, 4:13 PM EST, 58 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
Dec 31, 10:18 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Scott	27 min
Dec 31, 10:46 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bourbon	44 min
Jan 1, 1:28 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	17 min
Jan 1, 1:49 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Simpson	26 min
Jan 1, 2:06 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Warren	24 min
Jan 1, 2:08 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Allen, Barren, Cumberland, Green, Logan and 3 more	3 hr
Jan 1, 2:24 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Warren	36 min
Jan 1, 2:46 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Casey	29 min
Jan 1, 3:21 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Green, Metcalfe	24 min
Jan 1, 3:39 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair	36 min
Jan 1, 4:13 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Metcalfe, Warren	5 hr
Jan 1, 4:28 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	32 min
Jan 1, 4:39 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Green, Metcalfe, Taylor	5 hr
Jan 1, 4:56 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan, Warren	34 min
Jan 1, 5:02 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Allen, Barren, Butler, Casey, Edmonson and 9 more	3 hr
Jan 1, 5:20 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Edmonson, Warren	25 min
Jan 1, 5:39 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Green, Metcalfe	36 min
Jan 1, 5:47 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Lincoln	3 hr
Jan 1, 6:13 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Metcalfe, Russell	32 min
Jan 1, 6:39 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Casey, Russell	21 min
Jan 1, 8:41 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Metcalfe	34 min
Jan 1, 9:08 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Adair, Allen, Barren, Casey, Green, Lincoln and 4 more	4 hr
Jan 1, 10:38 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Larue	22 min
Jan 1, 10:49 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Warren	5 days
Jan 1, 10:49 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Hart	59 hr
Jan 1, 10:49 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio	6 days
Jan 1, 11:02 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Larue	43 min
Jan 1, 11:09 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Grayson	36 min
Jan 1, 11:23 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Logan, Simpson, Warren	37 min
Jan 1, 11:37 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan	38 min
Jan 1, 11:50 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Larue	25 min
Jan 1, 12:00 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Edmonson	15 min
Jan 1, 12:05 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hart	25 min
Jan 1, 12:08 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Edmonson, Hart	22 min
Jan 1, 12:18 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Logan	27 min
Jan 1, 12:24 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Logan, Simpson	21 min
Jan 1, 12:39 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Logan, Simpson, Warren	36 min
Jan 1, 12:43 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Logan, Simpson, Warren	32 min
Jan 1, 12:46 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Marion, Washington	14 min
Jan 1, 1:00 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Adair, Allen, Barren, Casey, Green, Lincoln and 4 more	6 hr
Jan 1, 1:08 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Marion, Taylor	22 min
Jan 1, 1:08 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Barren, Edmonson, Green, Hart, Metcalfe	37 min
Jan 1, 1:14 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bullitt, Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue, Marion and 4 more	4 hr
Jan 1, 1:14 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Barren	16 min
Jan 1, 1:14 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Green, Taylor	16 min
Jan 1, 1:15 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hart, Logan, Ohio and 1 more	4 hr
Jan 1, 1:30 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Barren, Metcalfe	30 min
Jan 1, 1:46 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Adair, Casey, Green, Marion, Taylor	29 min
Jan 1, 1:49 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clinton	26 min
Jan 1, 1:52 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Adair, Green, Metcalfe	23 min
Jan 1, 1:55 PM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Madison	8 min
Jan 1, 1:56 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Cumberland	34 min
Jan 1, 2:01 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Fayette, Garrard and 9 more	4 hr
Jan 1, 2:03 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Barren, Casey, Edmonson, Green, Hart, Larue and 4 more	4 hr
Jan 1, 2:08 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Monroe	37 min
Jan 1, 2:30 PM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Russell	30 min
Jan 1, 2:34 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe	26 min
Jan 1, 2:40 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Allen, Barren, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe and 2 more	4 hr
Jan 1, 2:49 PM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Bourbon	38 hr
Jan 1, 2:53 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland, Russell	37 min
Jan 1, 3:03 PM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Hardin, Nelson	3 days

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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.