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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Jackson, KY

December 10, 2009Whitley County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood warning at Dec 10, 2009, 5:26 AM EST for Whitley County, Kentucky. It took effect at Dec 10, 2009, 6:14 AM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Dec 10, 2009, 5:26 AM EST (10:26 UTC)
In effect from: Dec 10, 2009, 6:14 AM EST
Expired: Dec 10, 2009, 4:16 PM EST
In force: 10 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 10:24 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). The gauge peaked at 21.27 ft at Dec 10, 2009, 10:00 AM EST.

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 Dec 9, 6:32 PM EST, 10 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 9, 6:32 PM EST, 10 hours 54 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
Dec 9, 7:10 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Magoffin	7 hr
Dec 10, 6:02 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill, Powell	25 hr
Dec 10, 7:53 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Estill, Powell	12 hr
Dec 10, 8:19 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill	22 hr
Dec 10, 4:13 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Whitley	27 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.