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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Louisville, KY

January 3, 2023Nicholas County, Robertson County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Jan 3, 2023, 1:39 PM EST for Nicholas County, Robertson County, Kentucky. It took effect at Jan 3, 2023, 8:00 PM EST. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 3, 2023, 1:39 PM EST (18:39 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 3, 2023, 8:00 PM EST
Expired: Jan 4, 2023, 11:33 AM EST
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Nicholas County, KY, Robertson County, KY

The radar

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The river

Written for the forecast point Licking River at Blue Licks Spring (BLSK2). The gauge peaked at 25.64 ft at Jan 3, 2023, 10:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 23 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 42 ft
Major stage: 45 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03250500, 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 3, 12:49 PM EST, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 3, 12:49 PM EST, 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 3, 1:08 PM EST, 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 3, 9:58 AM EST, 3 hours 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
958 AM EST TUE JAN 3 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0830 AM     FLASH FLOOD      LEXINGTON               38.05N 84.50W
01/03/2023                   FAYETTE            KY   PUBLIC

            FLOODING OVER ROADS IN LEXINGTON.

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SRM

Local storm report, Jan 3, 10:05 AM EST, 3 hours 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1005 AM EST TUE JAN 3 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0940 AM     FLASH FLOOD      3 SE MIDDLETOWN         38.21N 85.48W
01/03/2023                   JEFFERSON          KY   PUBLIC

            FLOODING OVER ROADWAYS IN THE PARKLANDS,
            PARKS HAVE BEEN CLOSED.

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SRM

Local storm report, Jan 3, 10:12 AM EST, 3 hours 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LOUISVILLE KY
1012 AM EST TUE JAN 3 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1007 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 W HARTFORD            37.45N 86.91W
01/03/2023  M4.86 INCH       OHIO               KY   MESONET

            THE OHIO COUNTY MESONET MEASURED 4.86 INCHES
            OF RAIN IN THE LAST 24 HOURS.

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SRM

Local storm report, Jan 3, 10:21 AM EST, 3 hours 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 3, 10:35 AM EST, 3 hours 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jan 3, 11:28 AM EST, 2 hours 11 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
Jan 3, 1:40 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Butler	35 min
Jan 3, 2:20 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Grayson	25 min
Jan 3, 2:24 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan	36 min
Jan 3, 2:48 AM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan, Warren	27 min
Jan 3, 3:10 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Warren	20 min
Jan 3, 3:21 AM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Warren	24 min
Jan 3, 3:23 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin, Warren	3 hr
Jan 3, 3:41 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin	3 hr
Jan 3, 3:43 AM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin, Hart, Larue	47 min
Jan 3, 4:06 AM EST	Flood Watch	LMK	Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 31 more	9 hr
Jan 3, 4:11 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Anderson, Bullitt, Hardin, Larue, Marion, Nelson and 1 more	7 hr
Jan 3, 4:17 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Larue, Nelson	28 min
Jan 3, 4:43 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nelson	32 min
Jan 3, 5:04 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Ohio	26 min
Jan 3, 5:21 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Meade, Ohio	6 hr
Jan 3, 5:26 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Ohio	34 min
Jan 3, 5:31 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Jefferson	3 hr
Jan 3, 6:02 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Nelson, Spencer	6 hr
Jan 3, 6:10 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan	20 min
Jan 3, 6:23 AM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Butler, Logan, Warren	37 min
Jan 3, 6:37 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt	23 min
Jan 3, 6:44 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin	5 hr
Jan 3, 6:50 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer	5 hr
Jan 3, 6:52 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin, Hart and 1 more	38 min
Jan 3, 7:15 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Shelby	30 min
Jan 3, 7:28 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hart, Larue	32 min
Jan 3, 7:34 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Green, Hardin, Hart, Larue, Nelson, Taylor	26 min
Jan 3, 7:42 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Simpson, Warren	33 min
Jan 3, 8:01 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Harrison, Scott	29 min
Jan 3, 8:15 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nelson, Washington	30 min
Jan 3, 8:25 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Anderson, Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Harrison and 9 more	3 hr
Jan 3, 8:27 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Barren, Metcalfe	33 min
Jan 3, 8:29 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Allen, Barren, Monroe	31 min
Jan 3, 8:36 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Ohio	65 hr
Jan 3, 8:42 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 31 more	6 hr
Jan 3, 8:55 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair	35 min
Jan 3, 8:56 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Bourbon	41 hr
Jan 3, 9:01 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Franklin	26 hr
Jan 3, 9:34 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Russell	56 min
Jan 3, 9:35 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Butler, Grayson, Hardin, Ohio	3 hr
Jan 3, 9:50 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 19 more	5 hr
Jan 3, 9:58 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Hardin, Nelson	25 hr
Jan 3, 10:01 AM EST	River Flood Warning	LMK	Bullitt	25 hr
Jan 3, 10:02 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Russell	28 min
Jan 3, 10:19 AM EST	Tornado Warning	LMK	Clinton	26 min
Jan 3, 11:27 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Meade, Ohio	3 hr
Jan 3, 11:27 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Anderson, Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Franklin, Harrison and 9 more	3 hr
Jan 3, 11:28 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Clinton, Cumberland, Russell	32 min
Jan 3, 11:37 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Anderson, Bullitt, Hardin, Larue, Nelson, Spencer and 1 more	4 hr
Jan 3, 11:38 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hardin	3 hr
Jan 3, 11:53 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Nelson, Spencer	5 hr
Jan 3, 11:57 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer	3 min
Jan 3, 12:02 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson, Shelby, Spencer	3 hr
Jan 3, 12:33 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Butler, Grayson, Hardin, Ohio	3 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.