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River Flood Advisory 4, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood advisory at Feb 22, 2015, 10:32 AM EST for Whitley County, Kentucky. It was in force for 44 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 22, 2015, 10:32 AM EST (15:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2015, 7:00 AM EST
- In force
- 44 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Whitley County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:35 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 Cumberland River at Williamsburg (WLBK2).
- Action stage
- 17 ft
- Minor stage
- 21 ft
- Moderate stage
- 27.5 ft
- Major stage
- 32 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03404000, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Feb 22, 6:41 AM EST, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 6:41 AM EST, 3 hours 51 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 22, 4:54 AM EST, 5 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 454 AM EST SUN FEB 22 2015 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-104-106-108-111-231300- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ELLIOTT- MORGAN-WOLFE-LEE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...PLEASUREVILLE... MOUNT STERLING...JEFFERSONVILLE...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD... IRVINE...STANTON...CLAY CITY...WELLINGTON...FRENCHBURG... SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...CAMPTON...UNION...BEATTYVILLE... FINCASTLE 454 AM EST SUN FEB 22 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. RAIN HAS TAPERED OFF TO AREAS OF DRIZZLE THIS MORNING...BUT STORM DRAINS CLOGGED WITH ICE AND SNOW MAY ALLOW NUISANCE FLOODING TO PERSIST. ALSO...LINGERING MOISTURE AND SLUSH ON ROADS MAY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS THIS MORNING IN SOME LOCATIONS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...THEN SNOW IS POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY INSTANCES OF FLOODING OR ICE JAMS. KYZ068-069-079-080-083>088-107-109-110-112>120-231300- ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX- BELL-HARLAN-JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY- CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOUNT VERNON...BRODHEAD...MCKEE... ANNVILLE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...PINE KNOT...STEARNS... WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...PROVIDENCE... BARBOURVILLE...NORTH CORBIN...PINEVILLE...GEORGETOWN... PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...WHEELWRIGHT... JACKSON...HINDMAN...PIPPA PASSES...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD... MANCHESTER...HYDEN...JENKINS...WHITESBURG...MCROBERTS... FLEMING-NEON...INEZ...WARFIELD...PIKEVILLE 454 AM EST SUN FEB 22 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. RAIN HAS TAPERED OFF TO AREAS OF DRIZZLE THIS MORNING...BUT RUNOFF FROM HEFTY RAINFALL TOTALS FROM YESTERDAY WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING IN SOME LOCATIONS. LOCALIZED ICE JAMS ON STREAMS AND RISING RIVERS MAY EXACERBATE FLOODING. ALSO...LINGERING MOISTURE AND SLUSH ON ROADS MAY MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS THIS MORNING IN SOME LOCATIONS. LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT WITH MOST SPOTS SEEING A TENTH OF A INCH OR LESS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY...THEN SNOW IS POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY INSTANCES OF FLOODING OR ICE JAMS. DJ/GEOGERIAN
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 22, 4:41 AM EST, 5 hours 51 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Feb 22, 9:19 AM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 919 AM EST SUN FEB 22 2015 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-221730- 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...PLEASUREVILLE... MOUNT STERLING...JEFFERSONVILLE...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD... IRVINE...STANTON...CLAY CITY...WELLINGTON...FRENCHBURG... MOUNT VERNON...BRODHEAD...MCKEE...ANNVILLE...SOMERSET...LONDON... MONTICELLO...PINE KNOT...STEARNS...WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN... WILLIAMSBURG...PROVIDENCE...BARBOURVILLE...NORTH CORBIN... PINEVILLE...GEORGETOWN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY... PAINTSVILLE...CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG... WHEELWRIGHT...UNION...BEATTYVILLE...FINCASTLE...JACKSON... HINDMAN...PIPPA PASSES...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...MANCHESTER... HYDEN...JENKINS...WHITESBURG...MCROBERTS...FLEMING-NEON...INEZ... WARFIELD...PIKEVILLE 919 AM EST SUN FEB 22 2015 ...SLICK ROADS AND PATCHY DENSE FOG POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON... THE GROUND REMAINS FROZEN DUE TO THE EXTREME COLD RECENTLY EXPERIENCED. AREA ROADWAYS THAT BECAME SLICK OVERNIGHT DUE TO THE REFREEZING OF MELTED SNOW AND YESTERDAYS RAINFALL WILL REMAIN SLICK THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE MORNING. AIR TEMPERATURES WILL HOVER AROUND FREEZING AND ROAD TEMPERATURES WILL STAY AT OR JUST BELOW 32 DEGREES THROUGH AROUND NOON TODAY. ALSO EXPECT SOME PATCHY DENSE FOG THIS MORNING WHICH COULD QUICKLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS. TRAVELERS NEED TO EXERCISE CAUTION FOR THE POTENTIAL OF SLICK CONDITIONS AND FOG THIS MORNING. GIVE YOURSELF EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. AR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 22, 12:38 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay | 21 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:19 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Owsley | 28 hr |
| Feb 22, 5:51 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Lee | 3 days |
| Feb 22, 7:32 AM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Estill | 43 hr |
| Feb 22, 9:07 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Jackson, Knox, Laurel and 6 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 22, 2:23 PM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Owsley | 14 hr |
| Feb 22, 4:00 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Magoffin | 10 hr |
| Feb 22, 4:45 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Powell | 4 days |
| Feb 22, 4:56 PM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Lee | 18 hr |
| Feb 22, 6:27 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Breathitt | 6 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Advisories in Kentucky, 2015Every river flood advisory in 2015
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.