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River Flood Advisory 41, NWS Jackson, KY

April 16, 2011Harlan County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood advisory at Apr 16, 2011, 7:23 AM EDT for Harlan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 16, 2011, 7:23 AM EDT (11:23 UTC)
Expired: Apr 16, 2011, 11:54 AM EDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY

County Harlan County, KY

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cumberland River at Baxter (BXTK2).

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 20 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 Apr 16, 4:13 AM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 4:13 AM EDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 16, 5:32 AM EDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
532 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-171100-
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-
532 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

HAL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 16, 2:12 AM EDT, 5 hours 11 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, 4 hours 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 16, 6:45 AM EDT, 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
645 AM EDT SAT APR 16 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0610 AM     FLASH FLOOD      WALLINS CREEK           36.83N 83.41W
04/16/2011                   HARLAN             KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SIX INCHES OF WATER FLOWING OVER HWY 219.

0610 AM     FLASH FLOOD      EVARTS                  36.86N 83.20W
04/16/2011                   HARLAN             KY   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A FOOT OF WATER FLOWING OVER BOTH LANES OF HWY 38.

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ABE

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, 4:29 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Lee	60 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, 7:39 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

Nearby

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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.