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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Louisville, KY

April 15, 2024Hancock County, Kentucky; Perry County, Indiana

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Apr 15, 2024, 7:31 AM CDT for Hancock County, Kentucky; Perry County, Indiana. It took effect at Apr 16, 2024, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 15, 2024, 7:31 AM CDT (12:31 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 16, 2024, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 20, 2024, 5:17 PM CDT
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Louisville, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Perry County, IN, Hancock County, KY

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ohio River at Tell City (TELI3).

Action stage: 36 ft
Minor stage: 38 ft
Moderate stage: 44 ft
Major stage: 50 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 15, 5:57 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 5:57 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 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 15, 5:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	LMK	Oldham	36 min
Apr 15, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Oldham, Trimble	35 min
Apr 15, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LMK	Henry, Oldham, Shelby	20 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2024 River Flood Warnings in Indiana, 2024 Every river flood warning in 2024

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.