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River Flood Advisory 31, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood advisory at May 2, 2016, 7:09 AM EDT for Owsley County, Kentucky. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2016, 7:09 AM EDT (11:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2016, 2:00 AM EDT
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Owsley County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:10 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 South Fork Kentucky River at Booneville (BOOK2). The gauge peaked at 28.07 ft at May 1, 2016, 9:00 PM EDT.
- Action stage
- 21.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 27 ft
- Moderate stage
- 32 ft
- Major stage
- 38 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03281500, 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 2, 6:55 AM EDT, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 2, 6:55 AM EDT, 14 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 4:58 AM EDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY 458 AM EDT MON MAY 2 2016 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-083-031200- FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE- JACKSON-PULASKI-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...CAMARGO... JEFFERSONVILLE...MOUNT STERLING...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD... IRVINE...RAVENNA...CLAY CITY...STANTON...FRENCHBURG...BROADHEAD... MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...ANNVILLE...BURNSIDE...SOMERSET... MONTICELLO 458 AM EDT MON MAY 2 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. KYZ080-084>088-104-106>120-031200- LAUREL-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON- WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE- LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONDON...STEARNS...WHITLEY CITY... CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE... CUMBERLAND...HARLAN...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...PAINSVILLE... CAMPTON...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...WHEELWRIGHT... BEATTYVILLE...JACKSON...HINDMAN...PIPPA PASSES...BOONEVILLE... HAZARD...MANCHESTER...HYDEN...JENKINS...WHITESBURG...INEZ... COAL RUN...ELKHORN CITY...PIKEVILLE...SOUTH WILLIAMSON 458 AM EDT MON MAY 2 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE STRONGER STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY CONTAIN HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. IN ADDITION...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE...WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING...DUE TO THE GROUND ALREADY BEING VERY SATURATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO REPORT ANY OCCURRENCES OF FLOODING...HAIL... OR DAMAGING WINDS THROUGH TONIGHT. KAS
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 1, 10:15 PM EDT | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill, Powell | 4 days |
| May 2, 3:19 AM EDT | Flash Flood Watch | JKL | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Floyd, Harlan and 16 more | 18 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.