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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Jackson, KY

May 9, 2009Magoffin County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood warning at May 9, 2009, 1:39 PM EDT for Magoffin County, Kentucky. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 9, 2009, 1:39 PM EDT (17:39 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2009, 8:31 AM EDT
In force: 19 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Flood severity: Moderate

County Magoffin County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Licking River near Salyersville (SAYK2). The gauge peaked at 20.66 ft at May 9, 2009, 7:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03248300, 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 9, 11:14 AM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 11:14 AM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 4:40 AM EDT, 8 hours 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 9, 10:22 AM EDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 9, 11:16 AM EDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 9, 12:07 PM EDT, 1 hour 32 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 8, 8:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry	30 min
May 8, 8:08 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Jackson, Lee, Leslie, Owsley and 1 more	37 min
May 8, 8:23 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Estill, Lee, Powell, Wolfe	37 min
May 8, 8:30 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin and 2 more	3 hr
May 8, 8:37 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Knott, Leslie, Perry	23 min
May 8, 8:39 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin, Perry	3 hr
May 8, 8:55 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Whitley	27 hr
May 8, 8:59 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry	31 min
May 8, 9:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe	19 min
May 8, 10:00 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Floyd, Jackson, Johnson and 10 more	4 hr
May 8, 11:29 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin and 2 more	3 hr
May 9, 12:11 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Owsley	13 hr
May 9, 1:58 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Floyd, Jackson, Johnson and 10 more	3 hr
May 9, 2:07 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Estill, Floyd, Jackson, Johnson, Lee and 7 more	6 hr
May 9, 2:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry, Pike	6 hr
May 9, 2:28 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin	32 min
May 9, 2:56 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pike	23 min
May 9, 3:00 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Martin, Pike	30 min
May 9, 3:27 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt	34 hr
May 9, 4:39 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	JKL	Breathitt, Estill, Floyd, Jackson, Johnson, Knott and 8 more	3 hr
May 9, 4:47 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Jackson, Knott, Owsley and 3 more	3 hr
May 9, 5:34 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Pike	21 hr
May 9, 6:01 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Floyd	20 hr
May 9, 6:01 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Johnson	40 hr
May 9, 7:30 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Floyd, Jackson, Johnson and 14 more	30 hr
May 9, 8:48 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Magoffin	5 hr
May 9, 1:22 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Owsley	10 hr
May 9, 1:46 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Lee	63 hr
May 9, 1:51 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill	3 days
May 9, 3:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Powell	28 hr

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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.