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River Flood Advisory 27, NWS Jackson, KY

May 1, 2016Estill County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood advisory at May 1, 2016, 8:54 AM EDT for Estill County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 1, 2016, 8:54 AM EDT (12:54 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 2016, 8:49 AM EDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Estill County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:57 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 23.19 ft at May 2, 2016, 10:00 AM EDT.

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 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 May 1, 8:06 AM EDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 8:06 AM EDT, 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 8:28 AM EDT, 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 1, 7:11 AM EDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 1, 7:12 AM EDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 1, 7:30 AM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 1, 7:38 AM EDT, 1 hour 16 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 30, 9:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Laurel	65 min
May 1, 2:24 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pulaski, Wayne	36 min
May 1, 2:59 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pulaski	31 min
May 1, 3:20 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, McCreary, Owsley, Pulaski and 2 more	3 hr
May 1, 4:17 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Knott, Leslie, Magoffin and 2 more	3 hr
May 1, 4:23 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Knox, Laurel, Leslie, McCreary, Whitley	3 hr
May 1, 4:30 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Owsley, Perry	3 hr
May 1, 5:27 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Floyd, Martin, Pike	3 hr
May 1, 6:09 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski	3 hr
May 1, 7:05 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Whitley	3 hr
May 1, 7:18 AM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Bell, Knox, Whitley	3 hr
May 1, 7:23 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Owsley, Perry	6 hr
May 1, 7:30 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin, Martin, Pike	5 hr
May 1, 8:54 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay	4 days
May 1, 8:54 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Owsley	4 days
May 1, 8:54 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Lee	4 days
May 1, 12:07 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Magoffin	7 hr
May 1, 2:15 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt	4 days
May 1, 3:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Elliott	29 min
May 1, 3:16 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Magoffin	29 min
May 1, 3:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Elliott	27 min
May 1, 3:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Johnson, Magoffin	24 min
May 1, 3:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Fleming	34 min
May 1, 3:50 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Fleming, Rowan	25 min
May 1, 3:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Magoffin	35 min
May 1, 3:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Fleming	31 min
May 1, 4:04 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Owsley	18 hr
May 1, 4:04 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin	26 min
May 1, 4:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Rowan	17 min
May 1, 4:24 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Martin, Pike	36 min
May 1, 4:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Martin, Pike	36 min
May 1, 5:06 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Lee	30 hr
May 1, 5:06 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Estill	59 hr
May 1, 5:17 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell	28 min
May 1, 5:26 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Martin, Pike	16 min
May 1, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bath, Montgomery	32 min
May 1, 5:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Magoffin	29 min
May 1, 5:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Menifee, Powell	25 min
May 1, 5:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Wolfe	35 min
May 1, 5:54 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Elliott, Rowan	36 min
May 1, 5:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Floyd	35 min
May 1, 5:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Wolfe	33 min
May 1, 6:06 PM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	JKL	Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 22 more	6 hr
May 1, 6:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan, Wolfe	37 min
May 1, 6:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Pike	3 hr
May 1, 6:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Perry	31 min
May 1, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Elliott	28 min
May 1, 6:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Floyd	34 min
May 1, 6:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Magoffin	32 min
May 1, 6:37 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Magoffin	11 hr
May 1, 6:37 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Magoffin	11 hr
May 1, 6:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Magoffin, Morgan	30 min
May 1, 6:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Pike	43 min
May 1, 6:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Elliott, Morgan, Rowan	3 hr
May 1, 7:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Johnson, Magoffin, Martin	27 min
May 1, 7:22 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pike	23 min
May 1, 7:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Martin	36 min
May 1, 7:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Knott	26 min
May 1, 7:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Wolfe	24 min
May 1, 7:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Magoffin, Pike	6 hr
May 1, 7:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Knott, Letcher, Pike	36 min
May 1, 7:57 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Wolfe	33 min
May 1, 7:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pike	31 min

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Kentucky, 2016 Every 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.