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River Flood Advisory 57, NWS Jackson, KY

April 28, 2011Whitley County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood advisory at Apr 28, 2011, 9:51 PM EDT for Whitley County, Kentucky. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 28, 2011, 9:51 PM EDT (01:51 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2011, 7:00 PM EDT
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY

County Whitley County, KY

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cumberland River at Williamsburg (WLBK2).

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 21 ft
Moderate stage: 27.5 ft
Major stage: 32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03404000, 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, 7:34 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 7:34 PM EDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 28, 3:55 PM EDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
355 PM EDT THU APR 28 2011

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-292300-
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-
355 PM EDT THU APR 28 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. A FEW
OF THE STORMS COULD CONTAIN SMALL HAIL OR GRAUPEL THIS EVENING.

RIVERS WILL RUN HIGH TONIGHT FROM THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY
NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

GREIF

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 28, 7:03 PM EDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 28, 7:49 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 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 28, 10:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	McCreary	10 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Kentucky, 2011 Every 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.