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River Flood Warning 10, NWS Louisville, KY

February 17, 2023Franklin County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 17, 2023, 1:44 AM EST for Franklin County, Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 17, 2023, 5:29 AM EST. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 17, 2023, 1:44 AM EST (06:44 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 17, 2023, 5:29 AM EST
Expired: Feb 17, 2023, 10:30 AM EST
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Franklin County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:45 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 9.83 ft at Feb 17, 2023, 6:00 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 Feb 17, 12:44 AM EST, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 12:44 AM EST, 1 hour 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 16, 9:00 PM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Nicholas, Robertson	67 hr
Feb 16, 9:03 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Harrison	13 hr
Feb 16, 10:03 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio	4 days
Feb 17, 12:26 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Butler, Warren	4 days
Feb 17, 1:50 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Hardin, Nelson	9 hr
Feb 17, 2:10 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Warren	66 hr
Feb 17, 2:10 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Muhlenberg, Ohio	4 days
Feb 17, 10:32 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Franklin	13 hr
Feb 17, 10:38 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Carroll, Henry, Owen	54 hr
Feb 17, 10:43 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Garrard, Jessamine	47 hr
Feb 17, 10:53 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Hardin, Nelson	58 hr
Feb 17, 1:32 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	LMK	Hart	15 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2023 Every river flood warning in 2023

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.