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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Jackson, KY

May 12, 20105 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood watch at May 12, 2010, 10:10 AM EDT for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 12, 2010, 10:10 AM EDT (14:10 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2010, 4:10 PM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Flood severity: None

Counties Bath County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Rowan County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:11 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 watch 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 watch went out at May 11, 7:19 PM EDT, 14 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 7:19 PM EDT, 14 hours 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 11, 5:56 PM EDT, 16 hours 14 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 12, 10:53 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Rowan	6 hr
May 12, 11:12 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Fleming, Rowan	5 hr
May 12, 12:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Elliott, Montgomery, Rowan	4 hr
May 12, 12:49 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Elliott, Morgan, Rowan	41 min
May 12, 1:38 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan	3 hr
May 12, 7:01 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Bath	3 hr
May 12, 7:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath	35 min

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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.