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River Flood Warning 41, NWS Louisville, KY

March 15, 2025Ohio County, Kentucky

NWS Louisville, KY issued this river flood warning at Mar 15, 2025, 8:46 PM CDT for Ohio County, Kentucky. It took effect at Mar 16, 2025, 6:17 AM CDT. It was in force for 43 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 15, 2025, 8:46 PM CDT (01:46 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 16, 2025, 6:17 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 18, 2025, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
43 hr
Issued by
NWS Louisville, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Ohio County, KY

The radar

The Ft Campbell radar (KHPX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Rough River near Dundee (DUNK2). The gauge peaked at 26.60 ft at Mar 17, 2025, 2:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
23 ft
Minor stage
25 ft
Moderate stage
28 ft
Major stage
30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03319000, 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 Mar 15, 2:43 PM CDT, 6 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 2:43 PM CDT, 6 hours 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 15, 9:00 AM CDT, 11 hours 46 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Mar 15, 4:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 15, 4:27 PM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 15, 4:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Mar 15, 5:14 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Louisville, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 7:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKAllen, Barren, Simpson, Warren4 hr
Mar 15, 8:40 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLMKWarren31 hr
Mar 15, 8:40 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLMKButler, Warren5 days
Mar 15, 11:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKClinton17 min
Mar 15, 11:47 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryLMKAdair, Anderson, Boyle, Casey, Franklin, Green and 12 more118 min
Mar 16, 12:55 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningLMKClinton, Russell3 hr
Mar 16, 4:10 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLMKButler, Muhlenberg, Ohio5 days
Mar 16, 4:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLogan37 min
Mar 16, 5:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKShelby15 min
Mar 16, 5:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKGrayson, Ohio26 min
Mar 16, 6:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKWashington30 min
Mar 16, 7:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKFayette, Franklin, Jessamine, Mercer, Scott, Woodford33 min
Mar 16, 7:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLMKBourbon, Fayette, Harrison, Nicholas, Scott29 min
Mar 16, 8:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKNicholas31 min
Mar 16, 9:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAdair, Boyle, Casey, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison37 min
Mar 16, 9:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCasey, Garrard, Lincoln, Madison31 min
Mar 16, 10:14 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLMKHart35 hr
Mar 16, 10:14 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLMKEdmonson56 hr
Mar 16, 10:14 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryLMKWarren7 hr
Mar 16, 10:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLincoln, Madison30 min
Mar 16, 10:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKAdair43 min
Mar 16, 10:57 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryLMKHardin, Nelson4 hr
Mar 16, 11:00 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKMadison30 min
Mar 16, 11:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKCasey, Lincoln, Russell28 min
Mar 16, 11:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLincoln25 min
Mar 16, 11:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLMKLincoln, Madison23 min
Mar 16, 3:04 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLMKHardin, Nelson53 hr
Mar 16, 5:34 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningLMKWarren16 hr
Mar 16, 6:22 AM CDTRiver Flood AdvisoryLMKHarrison, Washington39 min
Mar 16, 7:00 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningLMKHarrison, Washington6 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.