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Areal Flood Warning 21, NWS Jackson, KY

May 3, 20105 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this areal flood warning at May 3, 2010, 6:56 PM EDT for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 17 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 3, 2010, 6:56 PM EDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired
May 4, 2010, 11:30 AM EDT
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Clay County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Owsley County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at May 3, 4:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 4:09 PM EDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 3, 2:42 PM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 8:52 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLBath, Estill, Lee, Menifee, Powell, Rowan15 hr
May 2, 9:06 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLClay, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, McCreary, Owsley and 3 more6 hr
May 2, 9:38 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLElliott, Lee, Morgan, Wolfe6 hr
May 2, 11:52 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningJKLLee42 hr
May 3, 12:31 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBreathitt, Clay, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Knox and 9 more6 hr
May 3, 12:44 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLClay, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley6 hr
May 3, 12:59 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLBreathitt, Clay, Jackson, Lee, Owsley6 hr
May 3, 1:03 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLBreathitt, Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe6 hr
May 3, 1:28 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBell, Floyd, Harlan, Johnson, Knott, Leslie and 5 more6 hr
May 3, 2:53 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin5 hr
May 3, 3:18 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLFloyd, Knott, Letcher, Martin, Pike5 hr
May 3, 4:06 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLBreathitt, Knott, Perry6 hr
May 3, 4:24 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningJKLOwsley29 hr
May 3, 5:25 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLBell, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher, Perry and 1 more6 hr
May 3, 6:21 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLClay, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle and 2 more13 hr
May 3, 7:01 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLBreathitt, Clay, Elliott, Jackson, Johnson, Laurel and 7 more12 hr
May 3, 8:01 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLMagoffin28 hr
May 3, 8:11 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLHarlan7 hr
May 3, 8:11 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLBell26 hr
May 3, 9:18 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLLeslie30 hr
May 3, 9:40 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLClay24 hr
May 3, 10:51 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLBath, Estill, Fleming, Jackson, Laurel, Lee and 9 more24 hr
May 3, 12:20 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningJKLKnox32 hr
May 3, 12:20 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningJKLWhitley40 hr
May 3, 7:28 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLClay, Knox, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne25 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.