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River Flood Advisory 39, NWS Jackson, KY

April 16, 2011Lee County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood advisory at Apr 16, 2011, 4:29 AM EDT for Lee County, Kentucky. It was in force for 60 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 2011, 4:29 AM EDT (08:29 UTC)
Expired
Apr 18, 2011, 4:05 PM EDT
In force
60 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY

County Lee County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 at Heidelberg (HLDK2).

Action stage
16 ft
Minor stage
20 ft
Moderate stage
24 ft
Major stage
30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03282000, 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 16, 4:13 AM EDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 4:13 AM EDT, 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 15, 10:55 PM EDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1055 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-170600-
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-
1055 PM EDT FRI APR 15 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR ALL OF EASTERN KENTUCKY OVERNIGHT.
SOME OF THESE MAY APPROACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AS
THE MAIN THREAT.

ADDITIONALLY...GUSTY WINDS OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE A HAZARD
FOR BOATERS ON AREA LAKES THROUGH THE NIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

GUSTY WINDS WILL BE A HAZARD FOR BOATERS ON AREA LAKES ON SATURDAY.

THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS FROM TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY WIND DAMAGE OVERNIGHT.

JJ/GREIF

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 16, 2:12 AM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
212 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

KYZ086>088-112-114>117-160700-
BREATHITT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-KNOX-HARLAN-BELL-
212 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

...LINE OF INTENSE SHOWERS CONTAINING HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY
WINDS TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 300 AM EDT SATURDAY
MORNING...

   SOUTHWESTERN BREATHITT...
   SOUTHERN OWSLEY...
   WESTERN PERRY...
   CLAY...
   LESLIE...
   EASTERN KNOX...
   WESTERN HARLAN AND
   BELL.

AT 210 AM EDT...A LINE OF INTENSE SHOWERS WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM ALGER TO BRIGHTSHADE TO BINGHAMTOWN...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 11 MILES NORTH OF MANCHESTER TO 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MANCHESTER TO MIDDLESBORO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

RESIDENTS IN THE AFFECTED COUNTIES SHOULD EXPECT VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
GUSTY WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AS THIS LINE OF SHOWERS MOVES THROUGH. THE
HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS.
MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY.

ABE
Local storm report, Apr 16, 3:05 AM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 12:23 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBell, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle and 2 more6 hr
Apr 16, 2:47 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBath, Elliott, Menifee, Morgan, Powell, Rowan and 1 more4 hr
Apr 16, 3:13 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLElliott, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Martin and 1 more4 hr
Apr 16, 3:56 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLEstill7 hr
Apr 16, 5:19 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLFloyd, Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry and 1 more7 hr
Apr 16, 6:02 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLBell, Harlan4 hr
Apr 16, 6:55 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBreathitt, Elliott, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Leslie and 7 more4 hr
Apr 16, 7:03 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLBell4 hr
Apr 16, 7:23 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLHarlan5 hr
Apr 16, 7:39 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLWhitley3 hr
Apr 16, 7:51 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLFloyd, Knott, Martin, Pike5 hr
Apr 16, 8:12 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLEstill, Lee, Menifee, Powell, Wolfe4 hr
Apr 16, 10:05 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningJKLBell19 hr
Apr 16, 10:16 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningJKLWhitley56 hr
Apr 16, 10:26 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningJKLEstill46 hr
Apr 16, 11:51 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLEstill, Powell21 hr
Apr 16, 11:52 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningJKLKnox35 hr
Apr 16, 12:49 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLMartin9 hr
Apr 16, 2:17 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLOwsley23 hr
Apr 16, 4:02 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLClay7 hr
Apr 16, 5:01 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLMagoffin22 hr

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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.