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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Jackson, KY

May 3, 2010Breathitt County, Knott County, Perry County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at May 3, 2010, 4:06 AM EDT for Breathitt County, Knott County, Perry County, Kentucky. It was in force for 6 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, 4:06 AM EDT (08:06 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2010, 9:48 AM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Breathitt County, KY, Knott County, KY, Perry County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:06 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 flash 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 flash flood warning went out at May 2, 7:31 PM EDT, 8 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 7:31 PM EDT, 8 hours 35 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 2, 8:52 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Bath, Estill, Lee, Menifee, Powell, Rowan	15 hr
May 2, 9:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, McCreary, Owsley and 3 more	6 hr
May 2, 9:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Elliott, Lee, Morgan, Wolfe	6 hr
May 2, 11:52 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Lee	42 hr
May 3, 12:31 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Knox and 9 more	6 hr
May 3, 12:44 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Clay, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley	6 hr
May 3, 12:59 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Jackson, Lee, Owsley	6 hr
May 3, 1:03 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe	6 hr
May 3, 1:28 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Floyd, Harlan, Johnson, Knott, Leslie and 5 more	6 hr
May 3, 2:53 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin	5 hr
May 3, 3:18 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Martin, Pike	5 hr
May 3, 4:24 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Owsley	29 hr
May 3, 5:25 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher, Perry and 1 more	6 hr
May 3, 6:21 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Clay, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle and 2 more	13 hr
May 3, 7:01 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Jackson, Johnson, Laurel and 7 more	12 hr
May 3, 8:01 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Magoffin	28 hr
May 3, 8:11 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Harlan	7 hr
May 3, 8:11 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell	26 hr
May 3, 9:18 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Leslie	30 hr
May 3, 9:40 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay	24 hr
May 3, 10:51 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Bath, Estill, Fleming, Jackson, Laurel, Lee and 9 more	24 hr
May 3, 12:20 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Knox	32 hr
May 3, 12:20 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Whitley	40 hr
May 3, 6:56 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Magoffin, Owsley	17 hr
May 3, 7:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Clay, Knox, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne	25 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.