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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Jackson, KY

April 14, 2015Lee County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood warning at Apr 14, 2015, 1:47 PM EDT for Lee County, Kentucky. It took effect at Apr 14, 2015, 8:32 PM EDT. It was in force for 38 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 14, 2015, 1:47 PM EDT (17:47 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 14, 2015, 8:32 PM EDT
Expired: Apr 16, 2015, 11:00 AM EDT
In force: 38 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
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 17:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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 14, 10:12 AM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 10:12 AM EDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 4:02 AM EDT, 9 hours 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
402 AM EDT TUE APR 14 2015

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-083-151115-
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-WAYNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...CAMARGO...
JEFFERSONVILLE...MOUNT STERLING...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...
IRVINE...RAVENNA...CLAY CITY...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...BRODHEAD...
MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...ANNVILLE...BURNSIDE...SOMERSET...
MONTICELLO
402 AM EDT TUE APR 14 2015

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

RAIN WILL FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES THROUGH THE MIDDAY HOURS
INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS
AND POOR DRAINING AREAS. THERE IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY SOME RIVER
POINTS WILL APPROACH FLOOD STAGE DUE TO RUNOFF FROM THIS
RAINFALL.

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

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
WITH THESE MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...THERE
MAY BE SOME INSTANCES OF FLOODING...ESPECIALLY WHERE LOCATIONS
RECEIVE NUMEROUS ROUNDS OF RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING OR
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
JACKSON KENTUCKY.

KYZ080-084>088-104-106>120-151115-
LAUREL-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...LONDON...STEARNS...WHITLEY CITY...
CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...
CUMBERLAND...HARLAN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINTSVILLE...
CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...WHEELWRIGHT...
BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN...PIPPA PASSES...BOONEVILLE...
HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...JENKINS...WHITESBURG...INEZ...
COAL RUN...ELKHORN CITY...PIKEVILLE...SOUTH WILLIAMSON
402 AM EDT TUE APR 14 2015

...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

RAIN WILL FALL HEAVILY AT TIMES THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS
INCREASING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS
AND POOR DRAINING AREAS. THERE IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY SOME RIVER
POINTS WILL APPROACH FLOOD STAGE DUE TO RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL.

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

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
WITH THESE MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...THERE
MAY BE SOME INSTANCES OF FLOODING...ESPECIALLY WHERE LOCATIONS
RECEIVE NUMEROUS ROUNDS OF RAINFALL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL IN ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING OR
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN
JACKSON KENTUCKY.

ABE

In the hours before

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Local storm report, Apr 14, 1:47 PM EDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 14, 2:27 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Elliott, Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell and 2 more	6 hr
Apr 14, 4:31 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Elliott, Morgan	14 hr
Apr 14, 5:05 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan	4 hr
Apr 14, 6:22 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill	5 days
Apr 14, 6:36 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Bath, Menifee	12 hr
Apr 14, 7:08 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Bath, Montgomery	11 hr
Apr 14, 7:39 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Bath, Elliott, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Menifee and 5 more	11 hr
Apr 14, 8:06 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Floyd, Jackson, Johnson and 9 more	22 hr
Apr 14, 9:20 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Leslie and 5 more	19 hr
Apr 14, 11:05 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan	5 hr
Apr 14, 11:53 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Estill, Powell	71 hr
Apr 14, 1:16 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Estill	61 hr
Apr 14, 4:41 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Owsley	33 hr
Apr 14, 6:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, Rowan	24 hr
Apr 14, 6:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Bath, Elliott, Estill, Lee, Menifee, Montgomery and 4 more	24 hr
Apr 14, 7:14 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay	19 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2015 Every 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.