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River Flood Advisory 63, NWS Jackson, KY

June 20, 2011Estill County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood advisory at Jun 20, 2011, 9:07 PM EDT for Estill County, Kentucky. It took effect at Jun 21, 2011, 7:52 AM EDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 20, 2011, 9:07 PM EDT (01:07 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 21, 2011, 7:52 AM EDT
Expired: Jun 22, 2011, 2:00 AM EDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY

County Estill County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Kentucky River near Ravenna (RAVK2). The gauge peaked at 17.89 ft at Jun 21, 2011, 5:00 AM EDT.

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 21 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03282120, 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, 7:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 7:36 PM EDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 7:18 PM EDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 20, 3:07 PM EDT, 6 hours 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 21, 2:40 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Leslie, Perry	25 min
Jun 21, 4:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Martin, Pike	29 min
Jun 21, 4:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pike	23 min
Jun 21, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pike	17 min
Jun 21, 5:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Pike	3 hr
Jun 21, 7:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	McCreary, Whitley	3 hr
Jun 21, 7:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Rockcastle and 1 more	47 min
Jun 21, 7:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Jackson, Owsley, Perry	43 min
Jun 21, 7:58 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Estill, Lee, Owsley, Wolfe	47 min

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.