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River Flood Advisory 62, NWS Jackson, KY

June 20, 2011Lee County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood advisory at Jun 20, 2011, 6:11 PM EDT for Lee County, Kentucky. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 20, 2011, 6:11 PM EDT (22:11 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2011, 3:48 PM EDT
In force: 22 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 22:13 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). The gauge peaked at 16.74 ft at Jun 21, 2011, 12:00 AM EDT.

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 Jun 20, 6:11 PM EDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 6:11 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 3:10 PM EDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 20, 2:06 PM EDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 20, 2:11 PM EDT, 4 hours before

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Local storm report, Jun 20, 2:54 PM EDT, 3 hours 17 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
Jun 20, 1:46 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	29 min
Jun 20, 2:01 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Knox, Laurel, Whitley	29 min
Jun 20, 2:10 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Clay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, McCreary and 3 more	5 hr
Jun 20, 2:25 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Knox	50 min
Jun 20, 2:34 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	4 hr
Jun 20, 2:48 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Knox, Whitley	5 hr
Jun 20, 2:59 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Whitley	6 hr
Jun 20, 3:07 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Knox, Whitley	38 min
Jun 20, 3:55 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Whitley	3 hr
Jun 20, 4:05 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Bell, Knox, Whitley	5 hr
Jun 20, 4:34 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell	26 min
Jun 20, 5:20 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Jackson, Lee, Owsley	25 min
Jun 20, 6:08 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Bell, Whitley	3 hr
Jun 20, 7:01 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Montgomery and 3 more	3 hr
Jun 20, 8:26 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher and 2 more	3 hr
Jun 20, 8:33 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, Whitley	13 hr
Jun 20, 8:42 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry	48 min
Jun 20, 9:24 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell	36 min
Jun 20, 9:29 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry	6 hr
Jun 20, 9:44 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Breathitt, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell and 1 more	106 min
Jun 20, 10:31 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Knott, Lee, Leslie, Menifee, Perry and 2 more	5 hr
Jun 20, 10:55 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Breathitt, Elliott, Fleming, Floyd, Knott and 5 more	5 hr
Jun 20, 11:06 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Lee, Leslie, Owsley, Perry, Wolfe	5 hr
Jun 20, 1:37 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Rowan	2 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.