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River Flood Advisory 7, NWS Jackson, KY

February 25, 2011Knox County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood advisory at Feb 25, 2011, 10:07 AM EST for Knox County, Kentucky. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 25, 2011, 10:07 AM EST (15:07 UTC)
Expired: Feb 26, 2011, 12:16 PM EST
In force: 26 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 15:09 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 Feb 25, 6:33 AM EST, 3 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 6:33 AM EST, 3 hours 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 25, 4:26 AM EST, 5 hours 41 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
426 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-261200-
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-
426 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011

...LAKE WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EST THIS AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

PORTIONS OF THE MAIN STEM OF THE KENTUCKY RIVER AS WELL AS PORTIONS
OF THE CUMBERLAND AND RED RIVERS ARE EXPECTED TO RUN HIGH THROUGH
TONIGHT.

SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS AT 15 TO 25 MPH EARLY THIS MORNING WITH
GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON.
HIGH WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH A SATURATED GROUND MAY CAUSE SOME
TREES TO TOPPLE.

SNOW MAY MIX IN WITH RAIN SHOWERS TODAY...ESPECIALLY NEAR AND TO THE
NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 64 CORRIDOR AND ON THE RIDGETOPS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY
MORNING AS A STRONG COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THE REGION. GUSTY WINDS
ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING OR TREES THAT MAY HAVE BLOWN
DOWN ON THURSDAY NIGHT.

JP

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 25, 5:29 AM EST, 4 hours 38 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
529 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1250 AM     FLOOD            MONTICELLO              36.84N 84.85W
02/25/2011                   WAYNE              KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER HAD BACKED UP AND ONTO HWY 92E IN MONTICELLO. THE
            LAST REPORT OF FLOODING WAS RECEIVED AROUND 430 AM BY THE
            COUNTY DISPATCH OFFICE.

&&

AR

Local storm report, Feb 25, 5:30 AM EST, 4 hours 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
530 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0110 AM     TSTM WND DMG     WILLIAMSBURG            36.74N 84.17W
02/25/2011                   WHITLEY            KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SOME SMALL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG HWY 92E NEAR
            MONTICELLO.

&&

AR

Local storm report, Feb 25, 5:40 AM EST, 4 hours 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
540 AM EST FRI FEB 25 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0130 AM     FLOOD            WILLIAMSBURG            36.74N 84.17W
02/25/2011                   WHITLEY            KY   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SOME MINOR FLOODING WAS REPORTED ALONG HWY 25W JUST NORTH
            OF WILLIAMSBURG.

&&

AR

Local storm report, Feb 25, 9:44 AM EST, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 25, 9:58 AM EST, 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 25, 10:01 AM EST, 6 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
Feb 25, 12:23 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Jackson, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne and 1 more	52 min
Feb 25, 12:38 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Jackson, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne and 1 more	6 hr
Feb 25, 12:48 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Estill, Fleming, Jackson, Menifee, Montgomery and 2 more	6 hr
Feb 25, 1:10 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Lee, Leslie and 1 more	5 hr
Feb 25, 1:21 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan, Perry and 1 more	5 hr
Feb 25, 1:25 AM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Lee, Owsley, Perry	35 min
Feb 25, 1:51 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Knox	5 hr
Feb 25, 5:07 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Lee	27 hr
Feb 25, 5:07 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill	52 hr
Feb 25, 5:07 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill, Powell	50 hr
Feb 25, 5:43 AM EST	River Flood Warning	JKL	Whitley	41 hr
Feb 25, 6:30 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Jackson, Rockcastle	4 hr
Feb 25, 12:03 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell	7 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.