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River Flood Advisory 19, NWS Jackson, KY

March 16, 2012Estill County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood advisory at Mar 16, 2012, 7:00 AM EDT for Estill County, Kentucky. It took effect at Mar 17, 2012, 5:07 AM EDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 16, 2012, 7:00 AM EDT (11:00 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 17, 2012, 5:07 AM EDT
Expired
Mar 17, 2012, 12:15 PM EDT
In force
7 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 11:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 17.00 ft at Mar 17, 2012, 5:00 AM EDT.

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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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 8:12 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBreathitt, Clay, Jackson, Leslie, Owsley, Perry2 hr
Mar 15, 8:35 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLPowell115 min
Mar 15, 8:36 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBell, Knox91 min
Mar 15, 8:47 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLElliott, Johnson, Morgan92 min
Mar 15, 9:27 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLClay, Harlan, Leslie2 hr
Mar 15, 10:13 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLEstill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley10 hr
Mar 15, 10:17 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLPowell10 hr
Mar 15, 11:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLHarlan, Leslie9 hr
Mar 16, 7:56 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLEstill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley5 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.