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River Flood Advisory 64, NWS Jackson, KY

September 6, 2011Knox County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood advisory at Sep 6, 2011, 4:27 PM EDT for Knox County, Kentucky. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 6, 2011, 4:27 PM EDT (20:27 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 2011, 7:56 AM EDT
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY

County Knox County, KY

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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 Cumberland River at Barbourville (BBVK2).

Action stage
21.5 ft
Minor stage
27 ft
Moderate stage
33 ft
Major stage
38 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03403500, 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 Sep 5, 6:57 PM EDT, 21 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 6:57 PM EDT, 21 hours 30 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 5, 11:09 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLHarlan, Letcher, Pike12 hr
Sep 6, 2:02 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher and 1 more9 hr
Sep 6, 10:59 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLLetcher2 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.