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River Flood Advisory 39, NWS Jackson, KY
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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</html>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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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 12:23 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:47 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Menifee, Morgan, Powell, Rowan and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:13 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Elliott, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Martin and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 3:56 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill | 7 hr |
| Apr 16, 5:19 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 16, 6:02 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 6:55 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Elliott, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Leslie and 7 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 7:03 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 7:23 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Harlan | 5 hr |
| Apr 16, 7:39 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Whitley | 3 hr |
| Apr 16, 7:51 AM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Floyd, Knott, Martin, Pike | 5 hr |
| Apr 16, 8:12 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Lee, Menifee, Powell, Wolfe | 4 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:05 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | JKL | Bell | 19 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:16 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | JKL | Whitley | 56 hr |
| Apr 16, 10:26 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | JKL | Estill | 46 hr |
| Apr 16, 11:51 AM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Powell | 21 hr |
| Apr 16, 11:52 AM EDT | River Flood Warning | JKL | Knox | 35 hr |
| Apr 16, 12:49 PM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Martin | 9 hr |
| Apr 16, 2:17 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Owsley | 23 hr |
| Apr 16, 4:02 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay | 7 hr |
| Apr 16, 5:01 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Magoffin | 22 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.