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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Jackson, KY

April 18, 2013Owsley County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood warning at Apr 18, 2013, 2:48 AM EDT for Owsley County, Kentucky. It took effect at Apr 18, 2013, 5:48 AM EDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 18, 2013, 2:48 AM EDT (06:48 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 18, 2013, 5:48 AM EDT
Expired: Apr 18, 2013, 11:53 PM EDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Flood severity: Minor

County Owsley County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point South Fork Kentucky River at Booneville (BOOK2). The gauge peaked at 29.27 ft at Apr 18, 2013, 3:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 21.5 ft
Minor stage: 27 ft
Moderate stage: 32 ft
Major stage: 38 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03281500, 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 Apr 17, 4:47 PM EDT, 10 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 4:47 PM EDT, 10 hours 1 minute 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 18, 3:43 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Knox	12 hr
Apr 18, 10:20 AM EDT	Lake Wind Advisory	JKL	Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more	22 hr
Apr 18, 3:40 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Estill	18 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2013 Every 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.