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River Flood Advisory 39, NWS Jackson, KY

April 17, 2013Bell County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood advisory at Apr 17, 2013, 4:40 PM EDT for Bell County, Kentucky. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 17, 2013, 4:40 PM EDT (20:40 UTC)
Expired: Apr 18, 2013, 2:52 AM EDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY

County Bell County, KY

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cumberland River at Pineville (PVLK2).

Action stage: 995 ft
Minor stage: 1002 ft
Moderate stage: 1010 ft
Major stage: 1019 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03402900, 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 Apr 17, 3:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 3:37 PM EDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 17, 4:32 PM EDT, 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 17, 1:08 PM EDT, 3 hours 32 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
Apr 17, 8:44 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Clay, Estill, Harlan, Jackson, Knox and 5 more	6 hr
Apr 17, 8:53 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Clay	5 hr
Apr 17, 9:14 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Leslie	5 hr
Apr 17, 9:23 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Estill	5 hr
Apr 17, 9:57 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Laurel, Rockcastle	5 hr
Apr 17, 10:12 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Owsley	4 hr
Apr 17, 12:45 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay	23 hr
Apr 17, 2:28 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Harlan	4 hr
Apr 17, 3:09 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Lee	4 days
Apr 17, 3:09 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill	4 days
Apr 17, 4:40 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Owsley	27 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.