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River Flood Advisory 12, NWS Jackson, KY

March 3, 2012Estill County, Powell County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood advisory at Mar 3, 2012, 11:11 AM EST for Estill County, Powell County, Kentucky. It was in force for 42 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 3, 2012, 11:11 AM EST (16:11 UTC)
Expired: Mar 5, 2012, 4:58 AM EST
In force: 42 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY

Counties Estill County, KY, Powell County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Red River at Clay City (CYCK2).

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03283500, 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 Mar 3, 9:49 AM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 9:49 AM EST, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 3, 4:03 AM EST, 7 hours 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
403 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-041200-
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-
403 AM EST SAT MAR 3 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO CONTINUED HIGH WATER ALONG
PORTIONS OF THE KENTUCKY...RED...LICKING...AND CUMBERLAND RIVER
BASINS TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

HIGH WATER WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG PORTIONS OF THE MAIN STEM OF
THE KENTUCKY RIVER AND IN THE CUMBERLAND RIVER BASIN ON SUNDAY.

SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY...MAINLY IN THE MORNING
THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. A PERIOD OF SNOW IS LIKELY ON SUNDAY NIGHT
INTO MONDAY MORNING. SOME LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS MAY OCCUR AND SLICK
ROADS ARE POSSIBLE DURING THE MONDAY MORNING COMMUTE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

JP

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 3, 5:44 AM EST, 5 hours 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 3, 6:08 AM EST, 5 hours 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 3, 7:08 AM EST, 4 hours 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 3, 7:59 AM EST, 3 hours 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
759 AM EST SAT MAR 03 2012

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

0719 PM     TSTM WND DMG     COLLISTA                37.78N 82.82W
03/02/2012                   JOHNSON            KY   PUBLIC

            CHURCH BUILDING DESTROYED AND MOBILE HOMES SEVERELY
            DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. TIME OF EVENT IS ESTIMATED.

&&

JP

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 2, 7:04 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe	41 min
Mar 2, 7:08 PM EST	Tornado Warning Emergency	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley, Rockcastle	37 min
Mar 2, 7:11 PM EST	Tornado Warning Emergency	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin	49 min
Mar 2, 7:14 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Jackson, Owsley, Rockcastle	46 min
Mar 2, 7:22 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Lee, Magoffin, Martin and 4 more	5 hr
Mar 2, 7:22 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Harlan, Letcher	23 min
Mar 2, 7:23 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Wolfe	52 min
Mar 2, 7:24 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JKL	Knox, McCreary, Wayne, Whitley	36 min
Mar 2, 7:28 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Johnson, Martin	32 min
Mar 2, 7:34 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin	26 min
Mar 2, 7:45 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Knott, Magoffin, Perry	45 min
Mar 2, 7:52 PM EST	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Powell, Wolfe	4 hr
Mar 2, 7:57 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Pike	48 min
Mar 2, 7:58 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Knox, Whitley	32 min
Mar 2, 8:22 PM EST	Tornado Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan	23 min
Mar 2, 8:41 PM EST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan	19 min
Mar 2, 11:56 PM EST	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Bath, Breathitt, Elliott, Estill, Fleming, Floyd and 14 more	12 hr
Mar 3, 12:05 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Knox, McCreary, Whitley	12 hr
Mar 3, 2:00 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell	13 hr
Mar 3, 2:23 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Whitley	14 hr
Mar 3, 7:43 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Knox	26 hr
Mar 3, 1:58 PM EST	River Flood Warning	JKL	Whitley	12 hr

Nearby

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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.