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River Flood Warning 10, NWS Jackson, KY

March 18, 2013Estill County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood warning at Mar 18, 2013, 9:16 PM EDT for Estill County, Kentucky. It took effect at Mar 19, 2013, 4:24 PM EDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 18, 2013, 9:16 PM EDT (01:16 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 19, 2013, 4:24 PM EDT
Expired
Mar 19, 2013, 10:41 AM EDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Flood severity
Minor

County Estill County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Kentucky River near Ravenna (RAVK2). The gauge peaked at 20.49 ft at Mar 19, 2013, 10:00 PM 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 warning went out at Mar 18, 7:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 7:43 PM EDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 18, 4:11 PM EDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 18, 3:28 PM EDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
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Local storm report, Mar 18, 7:49 PM EDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 18, 9:06 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLOwsley25 hr
Mar 18, 9:22 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLLee44 hr
Mar 18, 9:54 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBath, Montgomery4 hr
Mar 18, 11:55 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLClay9 hr
Mar 19, 10:36 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLEstill36 hr
Mar 19, 3:32 PM EDTFire Weather WatchJKLBath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more16 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2013Every river flood warning in 2013

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.