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River Flood Warning 9, NWS Jackson, KY

May 4, 2009Estill County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood warning at May 4, 2009, 7:47 AM EDT for Estill County, Kentucky. It took effect at May 4, 2009, 1:48 PM EDT. It was in force for 44 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 4, 2009, 7:47 AM EDT (11:47 UTC)
In effect from: May 4, 2009, 1:48 PM EDT
Expired: May 6, 2009, 10:00 AM EDT
In force: 44 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Flood severity: Minor

County Estill County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Kentucky River near Ravenna (RAVK2). The gauge peaked at 25.07 ft at May 5, 2009, 4:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 21 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03282120, 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, 7:30 AM EDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 4, 7:30 AM EDT, 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 4, 5:11 AM EDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
511 AM EDT MON MAY 4 2009

KYZ044-050>052-060-104-106-051215-
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-MENIFEE-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...FRENCHBURG...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY
511 AM EDT MON MAY 4 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS THAT FELL
OVERNIGHT...ALONG WITH RAINS FROM THE PREVIOUS FEW DAYS...WILL
CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO FLOODING OF AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS
TODAY...ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT RISES ON MAJOR RIVERS.

THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A THUNDERSTORM THIS MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THE RAINS OF THE PAST COUPLE DAYS ARE EXPECTED TO LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT
RISES ON AREA RIVERS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AS A WELL DEFINED
COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HEAVY RAINFALL...AS WELL AS ANY
INSTANCES OF FLOODING TO THE JACKSON WEATHER OFFICE TODAY.

KYZ058-059-068-069-079-080-083>088-107>120-051215-
ESTILL-POWELL-ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-
WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-
KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...STANTON...MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...
SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...
WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...HARLAN...
PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...
JACKSON...HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...
WHITESBURG...INEZ...PIKEVILLE
511 AM EDT MON MAY 4 2009

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

MODERATE TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS THAT FELL
OVERNIGHT...ALONG WITH RAINS FROM THE PREVIOUS FEW DAYS...WILL
CONTINUE TO CONTRIBUTE TO FLOODING OF AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS
TODAY...ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT RISES ON MAJOR RIVERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THE RAINS OF THE PAST COUPLE DAYS ARE EXPECTED TO LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT
RISES ON AREA RIVERS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...AS A WELL DEFINED COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HEAVY RAINFALL...AS WELL AS ANY
INSTANCES OF FLOODING...TO THE JACKSON WEATHER OFFICE TODAY.

AR

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 4, 5:26 AM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
526 AM EDT MON MAY 04 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0322 AM     FLASH FLOOD      3 W PRESTONSBURG        37.67N 82.82W
05/04/2009                   FLOYD              KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            WATER 2 TO 2 1/2 FEET DEEP OVER HIGHWAY 1427. WATER
            RESCUE REQUIRED AFTER MOTORIST DROVE INTO HIGH WATER.

&&

DUSTY

Local storm report, May 4, 6:59 AM EDT, 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 4, 7:13 AM EDT, 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 4, 7:15 AM EDT, 32 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 4, 7:24 AM EDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 4, 7:27 AM EDT, 20 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, 7:56 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, 2:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Whitley	22 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.