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River Flood Advisory 30, NWS Jackson, KY

May 1, 2016Estill County, Powell County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood advisory at May 1, 2016, 10:15 PM EDT for Estill County, Powell County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

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The facts

Issued: May 1, 2016, 10:15 PM EDT (02:15 UTC)
Expired: May 5, 2016, 10:14 PM EDT
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 02:17 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). The gauge peaked at 13.40 ft at May 2, 2016, 4:00 PM EDT.

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 May 1, 8:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 1, 8:13 PM EDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 1, 9:55 PM EDT, 20 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 1, 7:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
759 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

KYZ120-020030-
PIKE-
759 PM EDT SUN MAY 1 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PIKE...

AT 759 PM EDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER ROCKHOUSE...OR 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF JOHN FLANNAGAN LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELKHORN CITY...ASHCAMP...BIGGS...MOUTHCARD...FEDSCREEK...BELCHER...
TOONERVILLE...ROCKHOUSE...LOOKOUT...CEDARVILLE AND MARROWBONE.

THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 23 IN PIKE COUNTY BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 5
AND 8.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM EDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY.

&&

LAT...LON 3727 8235 3725 8244 3723 8249 3725 8258
      3740 8252 3745 8210
TIME...MOT...LOC 2359Z 271DEG 41KT 3732 8243

JMW

Special weather statement, May 1, 8:27 PM EDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 1, 8:31 PM EDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 1, 8:55 PM EDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 1, 8:59 PM EDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 1, 9:18 PM EDT, 57 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
May 1, 8:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Letcher, Pike	11 min
May 1, 8:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Magoffin	33 min
May 1, 8:31 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Leslie	29 min
May 1, 8:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher and 2 more	3 hr
May 1, 8:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Pike	6 hr
May 1, 8:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Harlan	31 min
May 1, 9:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin	12 hr
May 2, 3:19 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	JKL	Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Floyd, Harlan and 16 more	18 hr
May 2, 7:09 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Owsley	19 hr
May 2, 1:32 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Floyd	28 min
May 2, 1:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Owsley	35 min
May 2, 1:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Martin, Pike	31 min
May 2, 2:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Jackson, Owsley, Perry	39 min
May 2, 2:14 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin and 4 more	5 hr
May 2, 2:22 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	4 hr
May 2, 2:22 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Martin	23 min
May 2, 2:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Martin, Pike	22 min
May 2, 2:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Leslie, Perry	30 min
May 2, 2:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Letcher, Pike	43 min
May 2, 2:47 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Lee	3 days
May 2, 2:50 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bell	40 min
May 2, 2:55 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin, Perry	35 min
May 2, 3:09 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Magoffin	27 hr
May 2, 3:15 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pike	30 min
May 2, 3:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Pike	41 min
May 2, 3:33 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Pike	3 hr
May 2, 3:38 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Pike	26 min
May 2, 3:40 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Letcher	35 min
May 2, 3:42 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Lee, Owsley	3 hr
May 2, 3:48 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry	27 min
May 2, 4:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pike	23 min
May 2, 7:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Lee, Magoffin, Owsley and 1 more	12 hr

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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.