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River Flood Advisory 48, NWS Jackson, KY

April 17, 2011Estill County, Powell County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood advisory at Apr 17, 2011, 3:39 PM EDT for Estill County, Powell County, Kentucky. It took effect at Apr 17, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 17, 2011, 3:39 PM EDT (19:39 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 17, 2011, 8:00 PM EDT
Expired
Apr 18, 2011, 9:18 AM EDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY

Counties Estill County, KY, Powell County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 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 Red River at Clay City (CYCK2). The gauge peaked at 16.92 ft at Apr 17, 2011, 1:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
17 ft
Moderate stage
19 ft
Major stage
23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03283500, 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 17, 3:23 PM EDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 3:23 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 3:41 AM EDT, 11 hours 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
341 AM EDT SUN APR 17 2011

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-181100-
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-
341 AM EDT SUN APR 17 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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...AND THEN AGAIN FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

ABE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 17, 5:14 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLBell4 hr
Apr 17, 7:59 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningJKLEstill, Powell8 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.