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River Flood Advisory 22, NWS Jackson, KY

February 25, 2016Whitley County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood advisory at Feb 25, 2016, 5:44 AM EST for Whitley County, Kentucky. It was in force for 43 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 25, 2016, 5:44 AM EST (10:44 UTC)
Expired
Feb 27, 2016, 1:00 AM EST
In force
43 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 10:46 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 18.04 ft at Feb 25, 2016, 8:00 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.

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 24, 4:08 PM EST, 13 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 4:08 PM EST, 13 hours 36 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 25, 10:33 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLEstill44 hr

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.