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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Jackson, KY

January 28, 2009Estill County, Powell County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood warning at Jan 28, 2009, 10:24 PM EST for Estill County, Powell County, Kentucky. It took effect at Jan 29, 2009, 6:00 AM EST. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 28, 2009, 10:24 PM EST (03:24 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 29, 2009, 6:00 AM EST
Expired: Jan 30, 2009, 8:33 AM EST
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Estill County, KY, Powell County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Red River at Clay City (CYCK2). The gauge peaked at 17.94 ft at Jan 29, 2009, 12:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03283500, 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 Jan 28, 6:03 PM EST, 4 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 28, 6:03 PM EST, 4 hours 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 28, 6:21 PM EST, 4 hours 3 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
Jan 28, 9:30 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Powell	22 hr
Jan 29, 8:36 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath	6 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.