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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 22, 2015, 7:32 AM EST for Estill County, Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 22, 2015, 6:09 PM EST. It was in force for 32 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 22, 2015, 7:32 AM EST (12:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 22, 2015, 6:09 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2015, 2:12 AM EST
- In force
- 32 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 12:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Kentucky River near Ravenna (RAVK2). The gauge peaked at 22.23 ft at Feb 23, 2015, 10:00 AM EST.
- 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 22, 6:41 AM EST, 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 22, 6:41 AM EST, 51 minutes before
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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
Local storm report, Feb 22, 1:59 AM EST, 5 hours 33 minutes before
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</html>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, 9:07 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Jackson, Knox, Laurel and 6 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 22, 10:32 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Whitley | 44 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 Warnings in Kentucky, 2015Every river flood warning 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.