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River Flood Advisory 6, NWS Jackson, KY

March 1, 2012Lee County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood advisory at Mar 1, 2012, 4:13 AM EST for Lee County, Kentucky. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 1, 2012, 4:13 AM EST (09:13 UTC)
Expired
Mar 2, 2012, 7:12 AM EST
In force
27 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY

County Lee County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:18 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 at Heidelberg (HLDK2). The gauge peaked at 17.38 ft at Mar 3, 2012, 4:00 AM EST.

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Action stage
16 ft
Minor stage
20 ft
Moderate stage
24 ft
Major stage
30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03282000, 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 29, 6:35 PM EST, 9 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 29, 6:35 PM EST, 9 hours 38 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 1, 4:00 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningJKLMagoffin6 hr
Mar 1, 4:13 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLEstill4 days
Mar 1, 2:11 PM ESTFlash Flood WatchJKLBell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Floyd and 23 more34 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.