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River Flood Advisory 19, NWS Jackson, KY

February 18, 2016Whitley County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood advisory at Feb 18, 2016, 10:32 AM EST for Whitley County, Kentucky. It was in force for 32 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 18, 2016, 10:32 AM EST (15:32 UTC)
Expired
Feb 19, 2016, 7:00 PM EST
In force
32 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 15:31 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 Cumberland River at Williamsburg (WLBK2). The gauge peaked at 23.47 ft at Feb 17, 2016, 11:00 AM EST.

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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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 17, 10:49 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLLee3 days
Feb 18, 10:41 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLEstill4 days

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Kentucky, 2016Every river flood advisory in 2016

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.