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River Flood Advisory 56, NWS Jackson, KY

April 28, 2011Owsley County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood advisory at Apr 28, 2011, 8:57 AM EDT for Owsley County, Kentucky. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 28, 2011, 8:57 AM EDT (12:57 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2011, 11:19 AM EDT
In force: 26 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY

County Owsley County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point South Fork Kentucky River at Booneville (BOOK2). The gauge peaked at 26.39 ft at Apr 28, 2011, 9:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 21.5 ft
Minor stage: 27 ft
Moderate stage: 32 ft
Major stage: 38 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03281500, 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 28, 7:38 AM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 7:38 AM EDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 28, 4:23 AM EDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 28, 5:03 AM EDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 27, 8:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Pike	44 min
Apr 27, 8:46 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pike	44 min
Apr 27, 8:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Breathitt, Floyd, Harlan, Johnson, Knott and 7 more	6 hr
Apr 27, 9:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Knox, McCreary, Whitley	43 min
Apr 27, 10:28 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan	4 hr
Apr 27, 10:31 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher and 2 more	9 hr
Apr 27, 11:08 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Fleming, Floyd and 12 more	6 hr
Apr 28, 12:03 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill, Powell	54 hr
Apr 28, 1:58 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Clay, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Wayne, Whitley	8 hr
Apr 28, 5:57 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay	16 hr
Apr 28, 7:00 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Lee	47 hr
Apr 28, 7:00 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill	54 hr
Apr 28, 8:21 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Knox	30 hr
Apr 28, 10:05 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	McCreary	12 hr
Apr 28, 4:06 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Estill	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.