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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Jackson, KY

February 4, 2014Estill County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 4, 2014, 10:11 AM EST for Estill County, Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 5, 2014, 10:36 AM EST. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 4, 2014, 10:11 AM EST (15:11 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 5, 2014, 10:36 AM EST
Expired
Feb 6, 2014, 2:42 AM EST
In force
16 hr
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 15:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 near Ravenna (RAVK2). The gauge peaked at 21.08 ft at Feb 5, 2014, 5:00 PM EST.

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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 Feb 4, 7:39 AM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 7:39 AM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 4, 6:22 AM EST, 3 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
622 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014

KYZ050>052-051130-
MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT STERLING...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD
622 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
10 AM EST WEDNESDAY...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A MIX OF RAIN...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY LATE
TODAY...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO A MIXTURE OF RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN
TONIGHT. UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

ADDITIONALLY...THE RAIN WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT...POSSIBLY
LEADING TO MINOR FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY...AS WELL AS FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ICE AMOUNTS...AS WELL AS ANY
INSTANCES OF FLOODING TONIGHT.

KYZ058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-051130-
ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-
MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-
MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-
MARTIN-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...
WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...
PINEVILLE...HARLAN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...
CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...
HINDMAN...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...WHITESBURG...
INEZ...PIKEVILLE
622 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

RAIN WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT...POSSIBLY LEADING TO FLOODING
OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

SIGNIFICANT RISES WILL OCCUR ALONG PORTIONS OF THE CUMBERLAND...
KENTUCKY...AND LICKING RIVER BASINS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE WEEK.

SNOW IS POSSIBLE WEST OF A LINE FROM FRENCHBURG TO LONDON ON
WEDNESDAY...AS WELL AS SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM PAINTSVILLE TO
WHITLEY CITY WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE AT TIMES ACROSS ALL OF EASTERN KENTUCKY FROM
FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING TONIGHT.

KYZ044-051130-
FLEMING-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG
622 AM EST TUE FEB 4 2014

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM
EST WEDNESDAY...
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS LIKELY LATE TODAY...BEFORE
TRANSITIONING TO FREEZING RAIN...AND EVENTUALLY A MIX OF FREEZING
RAIN AND RAIN TONIGHT. UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ICE
ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

ADDITIONALLY...THE RAIN WILL FALL HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT...POSSIBLY
LEADING TO MINOR FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.

SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON WEDNESDAY...AS WELL AS FROM FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
EARLY MONDAY MORNING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ICE AMOUNTS...AS WELL AS ANY
INSTANCES OF FLOODING TONIGHT.

GEOGERIAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 4, 4:19 AM ESTWinter Storm WarningJKLBath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan24 hr
Feb 4, 4:19 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryJKLBath, Breathitt, Elliott, Estill, Jackson, Johnson and 10 more24 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.