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River Flood Warning 6, NWS Jackson, KY

April 4, 2014Estill County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood warning at Apr 4, 2014, 7:12 AM EDT for Estill County, Kentucky. It took effect at Apr 4, 2014, 1:38 PM EDT. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 4, 2014, 7:12 AM EDT (11:12 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 4, 2014, 1:38 PM EDT
Expired: Apr 5, 2014, 3:42 PM EDT
In force: 26 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
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 11:13 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 20.86 ft at Apr 4, 2014, 11:00 PM EDT.

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 Apr 3, 7:38 PM EDT, 11 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 7:38 PM EDT, 11 hours 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 12:55 PM EDT, 18 hours 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1255 PM EDT THU APR 3 2014

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-042000-
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-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...FLEMINGSBURG...MOUNT STERLING...
OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...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
1255 PM EDT THU APR 3 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE
STRONGEST STORMS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE WHERE
THUNDERSTORMS PASS REPEATEDLY OVER THE SAME AREAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN KENTUCKY FROM EARLY
FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL. ADDITIONALLY...WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE
OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ON MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

ABE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 3, 8:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Floyd, Jackson, Knott and 8 more	8 hr
Apr 3, 8:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pike	25 min
Apr 3, 9:18 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Powell, Pulaski and 2 more	14 hr
Apr 3, 11:55 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Lee, Magoffin and 5 more	13 hr
Apr 4, 2:24 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill	60 hr
Apr 4, 2:30 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Lee	4 days
Apr 4, 3:54 AM EDT	Wind Advisory	JKL	Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more	16 hr
Apr 4, 11:07 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill, Powell	44 hr
Apr 4, 12:58 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Magoffin	15 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.