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River Flood Warning 23, NWS Jackson, KY

July 14, 2015Knox County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood warning at Jul 14, 2015, 10:40 PM EDT for Knox County, Kentucky. It took effect at Jul 15, 2015, 1:28 AM EDT. It was in force for 32 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 2015, 10:40 PM EDT (02:40 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 15, 2015, 1:28 AM EDT
Expired
Jul 16, 2015, 9:49 AM EDT
In force
32 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Knox County, KY

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cumberland River at Barbourville (BBVK2). The gauge peaked at 29.30 ft at Jul 15, 2015, 7:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
21.5 ft
Minor stage
27 ft
Moderate stage
33 ft
Major stage
38 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03403500, 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 Jul 14, 9:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 9:25 PM EDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 10:24 PM EDT, 16 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 14, 10:00 PM EDT, 40 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 8:09 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Clay, Harlan, Jackson, Knox, Laurel and 2 more51 min
Jul 14, 8:10 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyJKLMagoffin3 hr
Jul 14, 8:18 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLBell, Clay, Harlan, Jackson, Knox, Laurel and 2 more4 hr
Jul 14, 8:24 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Owsley, Perry54 min
Jul 14, 8:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMcCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley58 min
Jul 14, 8:44 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBell, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne and 1 more5 hr
Jul 14, 8:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle and 2 more58 min
Jul 14, 8:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, Leslie and 2 more51 min
Jul 14, 9:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLBell, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne and 1 more4 hr
Jul 14, 9:13 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyJKLKnott, Perry3 hr
Jul 14, 9:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLClay, Jackson, Laurel, Leslie, Letcher, Perry and 1 more31 min
Jul 14, 9:50 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBell, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher55 min
Jul 14, 9:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMcCreary36 min
Jul 14, 10:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLWhitley27 min
Jul 14, 11:11 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningJKLEstill56 hr
Jul 14, 11:17 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningJKLLee43 hr
Jul 14, 11:49 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningJKLOwsley35 hr
Jul 14, 11:51 PM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLClay4 days
Jul 15, 12:05 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLBath, Elliott, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin and 3 more12 hr
Jul 15, 12:10 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLBell, Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Harlan, Jackson and 7 more12 hr
Jul 15, 12:15 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLBell, Clay, Harlan, Jackson, Knox, Laurel and 1 more12 hr
Jul 15, 12:19 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLBath, Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Magoffin and 8 more12 hr
Jul 15, 12:44 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLBell, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne and 1 more12 hr
Jul 15, 5:34 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLPerry19 hr
Jul 15, 7:30 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLBreathitt25 hr
Jul 15, 8:54 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLWhitley59 hr
Jul 15, 11:35 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningJKLWhitley52 hr
Jul 15, 11:51 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLMagoffin16 hr
Jul 15, 12:02 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLOwsley6 hr
Jul 15, 12:10 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLKnox18 hr
Jul 15, 12:14 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLBell6 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.