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River Flood Warning 10, NWS Jackson, KY

May 4, 2009Whitley County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood warning at May 4, 2009, 2:02 PM EDT for Whitley County, Kentucky. It took effect at May 4, 2009, 7:27 PM EDT. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 4, 2009, 2:02 PM EDT (18:02 UTC)
In effect from: May 4, 2009, 7:27 PM EDT
Expired: May 5, 2009, 11:49 AM EDT
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Flood severity: Minor

County Whitley County, KY

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cumberland River at Williamsburg (WLBK2).

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 21 ft
Moderate stage: 27.5 ft
Major stage: 32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03404000, 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 Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at May 4, 1:43 PM EDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 1:43 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 10:55 AM EDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 4, 8:30 AM EDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 4, 8:47 AM EDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 4, 9:06 AM EDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 4, 12:29 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 10:30 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne, Whitley	6 hr
May 3, 10:33 PM EDT	Flood Watch	JKL	Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Floyd, Harlan and 20 more	12 hr
May 3, 11:15 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, Leslie and 3 more	6 hr
May 3, 11:48 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, Leslie and 1 more	6 hr
May 4, 12:21 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Leslie and 3 more	6 hr
May 4, 1:41 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Leslie, Owsley, Perry	4 hr
May 4, 1:54 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin	4 hr
May 4, 2:18 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Martin, Pike	4 hr
May 4, 3:35 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Owsley, Rockcastle	5 hr
May 4, 4:30 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Whitley	6 hr
May 4, 5:38 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Owsley	14 min
May 4, 6:05 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan	4 hr
May 4, 6:07 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Rowan	7 hr
May 4, 6:21 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay	11 hr
May 4, 6:35 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Owsley	33 hr
May 4, 6:49 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Lee	47 hr
May 4, 7:47 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Lee	36 hr
May 4, 7:47 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Estill	50 hr
May 4, 7:56 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Whitley	4 days
May 4, 8:12 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Elliott, Morgan, Wolfe	3 hr
May 4, 10:07 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Magoffin, Owsley	3 hr
May 4, 10:20 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Martin	3 hr
May 4, 10:42 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	McCreary	3 hr
May 4, 10:43 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Martin	3 hr
May 4, 11:22 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Whitley	3 hr
May 4, 12:22 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Magoffin	24 hr
May 4, 3:37 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle and 2 more	3 hr
May 4, 3:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Johnson, Lee, Magoffin and 2 more	3 hr
May 4, 6:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	McCreary	12 hr
May 4, 6:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Owsley	12 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2009 Every river flood warning in 2009

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.