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River Flood Advisory 4, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood advisory at Feb 25, 2011, 5:07 AM EST for Lee County, Kentucky. It was in force for 27 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 25, 2011, 5:07 AM EST (10:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 26, 2011, 7:40 AM EST
- In force
- 27 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 10:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Feb 25, 3:56 AM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 3:56 AM EST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 356 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011 .SHORT TERM.../TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT/...UPDATED A SFC LOW WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHCENTRAL KY EARLY THIS MORNING WITH THE TRAILING COLD FRONT IN THE VICINITY OF THE INTERSTATE 75 CORRIDOR. THE MAIN BAND OF SHOWERS IS NOT EXITING THE EASTERN PART OF THE CWA...THOUGH ADDITIONAL SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING BEHIND THE FRONT IN ADVANCE OF THE UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE. THE SFC LOW WILL MOVE INTO THE MID ATLANTIC STATES EARLY THIS MORNING WITH THE UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. COLD ADVECTION IS EXPECTED BEHIND THE LOW TODAY AND THIS SHOULD LEAD TO DAYTIME HIGHS OCCURRING AROUND OR SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE...THEN TEMPS FALLING OFF TOWARD THE MID AND UPPER 30S BY AFTERNOON IN MOST AREAS AND LOWER 40S IN THE FAR SE. THE LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL HAVE AN UPSLOPE COMPONENT INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS AND MODEL TIMEHEIGHT SECTIONS AND FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDICATE LINGERING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE BELOW ABOUT 850 MB. THE COLD ADVECTION WILL LEAD TO FAIRLY STEEP LAPSE RAGES BELOW 850 MB AND LIKELY SOME UPSLOPE/INSTABILITY SHOWERS. THE CONCERN REMAINS THAT SOME OF THE STRONG MOMENTUM COULD BE MIXED DOWN THROUGH THE MORNING INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS AND GUSTS UP TO AROUND 40 MPH OR SO OR IN THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY CRITERIA RANGE COULD OCCUR. WE OPTED TO EXTEND THE LAKE WIND ADVISORY FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS LONGER UNTIL WINDS ALOFT SLACKEN ABOUT 18Z AND ALSO BE BETTER MATCH WIND ADVISORIES FROM SURROUNDING WFOS. THERE WILL LIKELY BE LITTLE TO NO ICE IN THE CLOUDS PER MODEL DATA...WITH LINGERING UPSLOPE PRECIP LIKELY FALLING AS JUST LIGHT RAIN OR DRIZZLE IN MOST CASES. HOWEVER...UPSTREAM OBS OF SOME LIGHT SNOW IN IL AND IN AND POSSIBLE SATURATION TO ABOUT -8C LEAD US TO CONTINUE THE MENTION OF SNOW IN WITH THIS AS WELL. HOWEVER...WITH WARM GROUND...TEMPS ABOVE FREEZING...AND VERY LIGHT PRECIPITATION NO ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE FRONT AND SHOULD LEAD TO THINNING OUT OF THE LOW CLOUDS JUST IN TIME FOR SOME HIGH CLOUDS TO MOVE IN FROM THE WEST. CONFIDENCE IN HOW LONG THE LOW CLOUDS WILL LINGER LEADS ME TO NOT DROP OFF MIN T WELL INTO THE 20S FOR VALLEY LOCATIONS. IN FACT...PATCHY FOG WILL PROBABLY DEVELOP AT LEAST IN THE RIVER VALLEYS WITH THE WET GROUND IN PLACE. SFC HIGH PRESSURE SHIFTING TO THE EASTERN SEABOARD AND UPPER LEVEL RIDGING SHOULD LEAD TO A MIX OF SUN AND CLOUDS FOR SAT AND TEMPS RISING ABOVE NORMAL. THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGING SHOULD HELP HOLD PRECIP FROM A SYSTEM PASSING BY TO THE NORTH AND IN ADVANCE OF A DEVELOPING SYSTEM IN THE PLAINS AT BAY THROUGH THE END OF THE PERIOD. .LONG TERM.../SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY/...UPDATED THE FORECAST MODELS WERE OUT OF SYNCH WITH REGARDS TO THE TIMING OF A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM SUNDAY AND MONDAY OF NEXT WEEK. WITH THE MODELS ALL BEING SLOWER OR FASTER THAN ONE ANOTHER...AND WITH DIFFERENT ORIENTATIONS OF THE EXPECTED FRONTAL BOUNDARIES...MADE ONLY MINIMAL CHANGES TO THE DAYS 3-7 OF THE FORECAST. THE PRIMARY CHANGE MADE WAS TO INCREASE PRECIPITATION CHANCES FOR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE ABOARD...BASED ON THE INCREASED POPS IN THE LATEST HPC AND MEXMOS GUIDANCE. MADE CORRESPONDING CHANGES TO THE QPF AND WEATHER GRIDS. OTHER THAN A FEW TWEAKS HERE AND THERE TO WINDS...TEMPERATURES...AND SKY COVER...THE REST OF THE FORECAST WAS IN GOOD SHAPE ALREADY. IT STILL APPEARS THAT A FAIRLY STRONG AND WELL ORGANIZED AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO EASTERN KENTUCKY SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THE QUESTION WILL REMAIN EXACTLY WHEN WILL THE SHOWERS AND STORMS MOVES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THE FORECAST THEN LOOKS DRY FROM THURSDAY. ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM IS THEN PROGGED TO MOVE OUT OF THE PLAINS AND PERHAPS ACROSS THE OHIO VALLEY TOWARDS THE END OF NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION.../00Z TO 24Z/ THE POTENT STORM SYSTEM IS BREWING OVER THE CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI BASIN AND HAS SPAWNED A WARM FRONT THAT IS LIFTING SLOWLY NORTH THROUGH KENTUCKY. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINS ARE FALLING ALONG AND NORTH OF THIS BOUNDARY WITH LOWER CIGS AND VIS. TO THE SOUTH...THE PCPN IS TAPERING OFF WHILE CIGS RISE AND VIS IMPROVES. A TRANSITION WILL TAKE PLACE THIS EVENING AS THE FRONT LIFTS NORTH IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE APPROACH OF THE MAIN LOW AND ITS STRONG COLD FRONT. THIS RESPITE FROM THE POORER AVN CONDITIONS WILL BE QUITE BRIEF...THOUGH...AS THE LOW AND ITS FRONT SWARMS INTO EAST KENTUCKY LATER TONIGHT WITH LOW CIGS AND VIS. EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AS WELL THIS EVENING ALONG THE STRENGTHENING WARM FRONT AND ALSO AS ISOLATED CELLS TO ITS SOUTH. HAVE ADDED THIS TO THE TAFS AND GRIDS. AN ADDITIONAL CONCERN IS THE HIGH WINDS JUST OFF THE SURFACE THAT WILL HAVE TROUBLE MIXING DOWN UNTIL THE FRONT GETS CLOSER. FOR THIS REASON HAVE CONTINUED THE LLWS IN ALL THE TAFS WELL INTO THE NIGHT. WINDS WITH THE ACTUAL FRONT WILL ALSO BE GUSTY...BUT THE WIND DIRECTIONS SWITCH TO THE WEST SHOULD SIGNAL THE START OF IMPROVING AVN CONDITIONS WITH CIGS RISING AT LEAST TO MVFR ALONG WITH VIS...THOUGH SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS WILL STILL BE AROUND THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS OF FRIDAY. && .JKL WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... LAKE WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON FOR KYZ044- 050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120. && SHORT TERM...JP LONG TERM...AR AVIATION...AR
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 25, 4:26 AM EST, 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 426 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-261200- 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- 426 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. PORTIONS OF THE MAIN STEM OF THE KENTUCKY RIVER AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF THE CUMBERLAND AND RED RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO RUN HIGH THROUGH TONIGHT. SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. HIGH WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH A SATURATED GROUND MAY CAUSE SOME TREES TO TOPPLE. SNOW MAY MIX IN WITH RAIN SHOWERS TODAY...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND TO THE NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR AND ON THE RIDGETOPS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE REGION. GUSTY WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING OR TREES THAT MAY HAVE BLOWN DOWN ON THURSDAY NIGHT. JP
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 24, 11:36 PM EST, 5 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1136 PM EST THU FEB 24 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1130 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 S SOMERSET 37.07N 84.61W
02/24/2011 PULASKI KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
ONE TREE DOWN WHICH FELL ON A VEHICLE.
&&
JCARICOLocal storm report, Feb 24, 11:47 PM EST, 5 hours 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1147 PM EST THU FEB 24 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1140 PM FLOOD MEANS 37.95N 83.76W
02/24/2011 MENIFEE KY LAW ENFORCEMENT
THE MENIFEE COUNTY 911 DISPATCHER RECEIVED A REPORT OF
WATER ACROSS US HWY 460 IN THE MEANS COMMUNITY.
&&
ARSpecial weather statement, Feb 24, 11:48 PM EST, 5 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 1148 PM EST THU FEB 24 2011 KYZ058-068-069-079-080-083>087-111-114-116-250600- ESTILL-ROCKCASTLE-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-WHITLEY-MCCREARY-LEE-JACKSON- OWSLEY-CLAY-KNOX-BELL- 1148 PM EST THU FEB 24 2011 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 100 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING... SOUTHERN ESTILL... LEE... JACKSON... OWSLEY... ROCKCASTLE... PULASKI... CLAY... LAUREL... KNOX... WAYNE... WHITLEY... MCCREARY AND WESTERN BELL. AT 1146 PM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM FROM 12 MILES WEST OF HARRODSBURG TO 28 MILES WEST OF ALBANY...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...PARNELL AROUND 1225 AM EST...FAUBUSH AROUND 1230 AM EST...TRIMBLE AROUND 1235 AM EST...OIL VALLEY AROUND 1240 AM EST...WOODSTOCK AROUND 1245 AM EST... RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT TORRENTIAL RAIN...GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL IN THESE AREAS. THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE CAREFULLY. KAS
Special weather statement, Feb 25, 1:18 AM EST, 3 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 118 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011 KYZ069-080-084>088-111>117-250700- LAUREL-WHITLEY-MCCREARY-LEE-BREATHITT-JACKSON-OWSLEY-KNOTT-PERRY- CLAY-LESLIE-KNOX-HARLAN-BELL- 118 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 200 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING... SOUTHEASTERN LEE... SOUTHERN BREATHITT... SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON... OWSLEY... WESTERN KNOTT... PERRY... CLAY... SOUTHEASTERN LAUREL... LESLIE... KNOX... WESTERN HARLAN... WHITLEY... EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MCCREARY AND BELL. AT 117 AM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BEATTYVILLE TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLIAMSBURG...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...ATHOL AROUND 125 AM EST...CHENOWEE AROUND 130 AM EST...DUMONT AROUND 135 AM EST... SMITH BRANCH AROUND 140 AM EST...TOULOUSE AROUND 145 AM EST... RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT TORRENTIAL RAIN...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN THESE AREAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY. KAS
Local storm report, Feb 25, 1:58 AM EST, 3 hours 9 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Feb 25, 2:13 AM EST, 2 hours 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 213 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011 KYZ088-107-110-113-115-117>120-250745- JOHNSON-MARTIN-FLOYD-PIKE-KNOTT-PERRY-LESLIE-LETCHER-HARLAN- 213 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES THROUGH 245 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING... EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON... SOUTHERN MARTIN... FLOYD... PIKE... EASTERN KNOTT... SOUTHEASTERN PERRY... EXTREME EAST CENTRAL LESLIE... LETCHER AND HARLAN. AT 212 AM EST...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PRESTONSBURG TO 7 MILES SOUTH OF HARLAN...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...PREMIUM AROUND 215 AM EST...MOREE AROUND 220 AM EST...WHITEPOST AROUND 230 AM EST...ROCKHOUSE AROUND 235 AM EST... RESIDENTS SHOULD EXPECT TORRENTIAL RAIN...GUSTY WINDS OF 30 TO 50 MPH...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING IN THESE AREAS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM EST FRIDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY. KAS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 12:23 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne and 1 more | 52 min |
| Feb 25, 12:38 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 25, 12:48 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Estill, Fleming, Jackson, Menifee, Montgomery and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 25, 1:10 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Lee, Leslie and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 25, 1:21 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan, Perry and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 25, 1:25 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Lee, Owsley, Perry | 35 min |
| Feb 25, 1:51 AM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Knox | 5 hr |
| Feb 25, 5:07 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill | 52 hr |
| Feb 25, 5:07 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Powell | 50 hr |
| Feb 25, 5:43 AM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Whitley | 41 hr |
| Feb 25, 6:30 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Jackson, Rockcastle | 4 hr |
| Feb 25, 10:07 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Knox | 26 hr |
| Feb 25, 12:03 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell | 7 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.