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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Jackson, KY

January 16, 2013Lee County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood warning at Jan 16, 2013, 8:57 PM EST for Lee County, Kentucky. It took effect at Jan 17, 2013, 1:00 AM EST. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 16, 2013, 8:57 PM EST (01:57 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 17, 2013, 1:00 AM EST
Expired
Jan 17, 2013, 1:38 PM EST
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Flood severity
Minor

County Lee County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:58 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).

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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 16, 7:19 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLFloyd12 hr
Jan 17, 7:00 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLFloyd12 hr
Jan 17, 2:44 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLKnox22 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.