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River Flood Advisory 11, NWS Jackson, KY

February 28, 2011Clay County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood advisory at Feb 28, 2011, 5:19 PM EST for Clay County, Kentucky. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 28, 2011, 5:19 PM EST (22:19 UTC)
Expired: Mar 1, 2011, 7:49 AM EST
In force: 15 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY

County Clay County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point South Fork Kentucky River at Oneida (ODAK2).

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 29 ft
Moderate stage: 34 ft
Major stage: 38 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Feb 28, 4:47 PM EST, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 4:47 PM EST, 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 4:44 PM EST, 35 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
444 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-011200-
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-
ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-
OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE-
444 PM EST MON FEB 28 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN ON MONDAY WILL CAUSE PORTIONS OF THE
CUMBERLAND AND KENTUCKY RIVER BASINS TO RUN HIGH AND POSSIBLY
REACH FLOOD STAGE OVERNIGHT.

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

RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN ON MONDAY WILL CAUSE PORTIONS OF THE CUMBERLAND
AND KENTUCKY RIVER BASINS REMAINING HIGH OR POSSIBLY BE ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE ON TUESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

AR/JP

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 28, 2:40 PM EST, 2 hours 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 28, 2:42 PM EST, 2 hours 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 28, 2:57 PM EST, 2 hours 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 28, 3:01 PM EST, 2 hours 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 28, 3:51 PM EST, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 28, 4:30 PM EST, 49 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
Feb 28, 6:02 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Fleming	28 min
Feb 28, 6:25 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell, Rowan	50 min
Feb 28, 6:30 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Rowan	45 min
Feb 28, 6:36 AM EST	Tornado Warning	JKL	Fleming, Rowan	24 min
Feb 28, 7:08 AM EST	Tornado Warning	JKL	Powell, Wolfe	22 min
Feb 28, 7:15 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Elliott, Estill, Jackson, Johnson, Lee and 8 more	45 min
Feb 28, 7:30 AM EST	Tornado Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe	30 min
Feb 28, 7:41 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, McCreary, Owsley, Pulaski and 3 more	49 min
Feb 28, 7:41 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Jackson, Johnson, Lee, Magoffin and 4 more	49 min
Feb 28, 8:41 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Martin, Pike	34 min
Feb 28, 8:43 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Perry, Pike	47 min
Feb 28, 9:13 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knott, Knox, Leslie and 4 more	32 min
Feb 28, 9:14 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pike	16 min
Feb 28, 11:38 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Clay, Estill, Harlan, Jackson, Knox and 8 more	6 hr
Feb 28, 1:00 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	6 hr
Feb 28, 1:17 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Fleming and 19 more	6 hr
Feb 28, 1:53 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill, Powell	47 hr
Feb 28, 2:47 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Harlan, Letcher	6 hr
Feb 28, 5:12 PM EST	River Flood Warning	JKL	Knox	21 hr
Feb 28, 5:12 PM EST	River Flood Warning	JKL	Whitley	42 hr
Feb 28, 5:34 PM EST	River Flood Warning	JKL	Estill	36 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Kentucky, 2011 Every river flood advisory in 2011

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.