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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Louisville, KY

February 28, 2024Bourbon County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 28, 2024, 9:55 AM EST for Bourbon County, Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 28, 2024, 11:00 AM EST. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 28, 2024, 9:55 AM EST (14:55 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 28, 2024, 11:00 AM EST
Expired: Feb 29, 2024, 5:03 AM EST
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Bourbon County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Stoner Creek at Paris (PRSK2). The gauge peaked at 19.58 ft at Feb 28, 2024, 6:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03251900, 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 28, 9:11 AM EST, 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 9:11 AM EST, 44 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 9:13 AM EST, 42 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 28, 9:30 AM EST, 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 28, 9:41 AM EST, 14 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 28, 2:53 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Hancock	37 min
Feb 28, 3:06 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio	39 min
Feb 28, 3:28 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Ohio	32 min
Feb 28, 3:36 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio	24 min
Feb 28, 3:40 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Nelson	35 min
Feb 28, 3:55 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Breckinridge, Hardin, Meade	35 min
Feb 28, 3:56 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt	34 min
Feb 28, 4:13 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt	32 min
Feb 28, 4:28 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Shelby, Spencer	32 min
Feb 28, 4:29 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Nelson, Spencer, Washington	31 min
Feb 28, 4:48 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Franklin	27 min
Feb 28, 4:57 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Jessamine, Mercer, Woodford	33 min
Feb 28, 5:01 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Ohio	29 min
Feb 28, 5:05 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Scott	25 min
Feb 28, 5:13 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Bullitt, Jefferson, Meade	32 min
Feb 28, 5:13 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Fayette, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott, Woodford	32 min
Feb 28, 5:27 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Breckinridge, Bullitt, Hardin, Meade	33 min
Feb 28, 5:30 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Nicholas	30 min
Feb 28, 5:32 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Anderson, Woodford	28 min
Feb 28, 5:41 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Fayette, Franklin, Jessamine, Scott, Shelby and 2 more	34 min
Feb 28, 5:51 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Breckinridge, Hancock, Hardin, Meade, Ohio	3 hr
Feb 28, 5:57 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Grayson, Hardin, Nelson, Spencer	33 min
Feb 28, 6:07 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Clark, Fayette, Nicholas, Scott, Woodford	23 min
Feb 28, 6:15 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Anderson, Franklin, Larue, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer and 2 more	30 min
Feb 28, 6:17 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Edmonson, Grayson, Green, Hardin, Hart, Larue and 3 more	28 min
Feb 28, 6:22 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bourbon, Fayette	3 hr
Feb 28, 6:25 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	LMK	Bullitt, Hardin, Meade, Nelson, Shelby, Spencer	3 hr
Feb 28, 6:38 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	LMK	Anderson, Bourbon, Boyle, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine and 4 more	52 min
Feb 28, 6:45 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Edmonson, Green, Hart, Larue, Marion and 3 more	30 min
Feb 28, 6:53 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	LMK	Bourbon	3 hr
Feb 28, 6:59 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Logan	31 min
Feb 28, 7:09 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine and 4 more	36 min
Feb 28, 7:11 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Boyle, Casey, Green, Hart, Lincoln, Marion and 1 more	49 min
Feb 28, 7:26 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Allen, Barren, Metcalfe, Simpson	34 min
Feb 28, 7:42 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Boyle, Clark, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison	33 min
Feb 28, 7:55 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Adair, Clinton, Cumberland, Russell	35 min
Feb 28, 8:00 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Casey, Lincoln	30 min
Feb 28, 3:47 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Dubois	28 min
Feb 28, 3:55 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Orange	20 min
Feb 28, 4:35 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Perry	25 min

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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.