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River Flood Advisory 3, NWS Jackson, KY

February 3, 2016Estill County, Powell County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood advisory at Feb 3, 2016, 7:39 AM EST for Estill County, Powell County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Feb 3, 2016, 7:39 AM EST (12:39 UTC)
Expired: Feb 7, 2016, 7:28 AM EST
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Estill County, KY, Powell County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Red River at Clay City (CYCK2).

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03283500, 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 3, 7:21 AM EST, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 7:21 AM EST, 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 3, 6:57 AM EST, 42 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 3, 2:46 AM EST, 4 hours 53 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
246 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-030845-
ROWAN-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ESTILL-MENIFEE-FLEMING-POWELL-
246 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG SHOWERS WILL AFFECT ROWAN...MONTGOMERY...BATH...
ESTILL...MENIFEE...FLEMING...POWELL...

AT 245 AM EST...A LINE OF STRONG SHOWERS WAS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 9 MILES WEST OF FAIRVIEW TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF VETERANS PARK
TO NEAR LANCASTER...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNT STERLING...MOREHEAD...STANTON...IRVINE...FLEMINGSBURG...
OWINGSVILLE...FRENCHBURG...MARSHALL...JEFFERSONVILLE...CAMARGO...CLAY
CITY...WELLINGTON...SHARPSBURG...SALT LICK...CAMPSITES IN THE INDIAN
CREEK AREA OF THE DANIEL BOONE NATIONAL FOREST...FAIRVIEW...GRANGE
CITY...VAUGHNS MILL...ELIZAVILLE AND PECKS RIDGE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 BERT T. COMBS MOUNTAIN PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 35.
 INTERSTATE 64 IN EASTERN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 105 AND 148.

HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE SHOWERS...WHICH WILL
CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS ALSO
POSSIBLE. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3852 8363 3843 8358 3838 8345 3840 8341
      3830 8333 3784 8353 3766 8411 3782 8410
      3781 8412 3782 8411 3785 8406 3783 8400
      3787 8403 3787 8402 3793 8397 3812 8408
      3832 8384 3845 8398 3849 8393 3846 8385
TIME...MOT...LOC 0745Z 244DEG 45KT 3847 8410 3790 8436 3760 8449

GREIF

Special weather statement, Feb 3, 3:33 AM EST, 4 hours 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
333 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016

KYZ044-051-052-059-060-104-106-108-030930-
ROWAN-ELLIOTT-WOLFE-BATH-MENIFEE-FLEMING-MORGAN-POWELL-
333 AM EST WED FEB 3 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG SHOWERS WILL AFFECT ROWAN...ELLIOTT...WOLFE...
BATH...MENIFEE...FLEMING...MORGAN...POWELL...

AT 333 AM EST...A LINE OF STRONG SHOWERS WAS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 8 MILES WEST OF CAMP DIX TO CEDAR GROVES TO STATION CAMP...AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE SHOWERS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOREHEAD...WEST LIBERTY...STANTON...SANDY HOOK...FRENCHBURG...
CAMPTON...HENRY...LEWIS...WELLINGTON...SALT LICK...CAMPSITES IN THE
INDIAN CREEK AREA OF THE DANIEL BOONE NATIONAL FOREST...GORDON
FORD...WHITE OAK...STOLL...KOOMER RIDGE CAMPGROUND...BRUIN...
ROGERS...LENOX...BLAZE AND VALE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 BERT T. COMBS MOUNTAIN PARKWAY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 23 AND 48.
 INTERSTATE 64 IN EASTERN KENTUCKY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 128 AND 148.

HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE SHOWERS...WHICH WILL
CAUSE PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. LOCALIZED FLOODING IS ALSO
POSSIBLE. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3839 8340 3819 8327 3827 8317 3821 8301
      3817 8292 3811 8289 3800 8302 3795 8299
      3787 8305 3790 8313 3786 8311 3783 8317
      3769 8364 3776 8378 3776 8391 3790 8382
      3792 8377 3796 8377 3840 8348
TIME...MOT...LOC 0833Z 245DEG 44KT 3846 8342 3796 8375 3763 8400

GREIF

Local storm report, Feb 3, 6:11 AM EST, 1 hour 28 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
Feb 3, 2:41 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne, Whitley	4 hr
Feb 3, 2:46 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell, Rowan	59 min
Feb 3, 3:13 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Estill, Fleming, Jackson, Laurel, Lee and 5 more	4 hr
Feb 3, 3:33 AM EST	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Elliott, Menifee, Morgan, Powell, Rowan, Wolfe	57 min
Feb 3, 3:52 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Jackson, Johnson, Laurel and 10 more	3 hr
Feb 3, 4:39 AM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, Leslie	3 hr
Feb 3, 6:07 AM EST	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan	3 hr
Feb 3, 10:04 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Lee	57 hr
Feb 3, 4:31 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Owsley	26 hr
Feb 3, 5:46 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell	7 hr
Feb 3, 5:46 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Knox	27 hr
Feb 3, 5:46 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Whitley	61 hr

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.