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River Flood Advisory 31, NWS Jackson, KY

April 5, 2011Estill County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood advisory at Apr 5, 2011, 12:37 PM EDT for Estill County, Kentucky. It took effect at Apr 6, 2011, 3:50 AM EDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 2011, 12:37 PM EDT (16:37 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 6, 2011, 3:50 AM EDT
Expired
Apr 7, 2011, 3:35 PM EDT
In force
36 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY

County Estill County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Kentucky River near Ravenna (RAVK2). The gauge peaked at 19.39 ft at Apr 6, 2011, 7:00 AM EDT.

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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 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 Apr 4, 7:51 PM EDT, 16 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 4, 7:51 PM EDT, 16 hours 46 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 4, 7:45 PM EDT, 16 hours 52 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 11:36 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLLee44 hr
Apr 5, 4:23 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLWhitley40 hr
Apr 5, 4:23 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLEstill, Powell30 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Kentucky, 2011Every 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.