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River Flood Advisory 39, NWS Jackson, KY

July 9, 2016Lee County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood advisory at Jul 9, 2016, 11:56 AM EDT for Lee County, Kentucky. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 2016, 11:56 AM EDT (15:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2016, 5:00 PM EDT
In force
29 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Lee County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:02 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 Kentucky River at Heidelberg (HLDK2).

Action stage
16 ft
Minor stage
20 ft
Moderate stage
24 ft
Major stage
30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03282000, 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 Jul 8, 7:54 PM EDT, 16 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 7:54 PM EDT, 16 hours 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 2:57 PM EDT, 20 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
257 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

KYZ058>060-068-069-079-080-083>086-104-106>120-092200-
ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-
MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-
LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...RAVENNA...CLAY CITY...
STANTON...FRENCHBURG...BROADHEAD...MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...
ANNVILLE...BURNSIDE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...STEARNS...
WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...
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
257 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 355 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...WITH A
FEW HAVING THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE. WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 60
MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL AND SUBSEQUENT FLASH FLOODING...WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM MONDAY INTO THURSDAY...
MAINLY DURING EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT ANY INSTANCES OF WIND DAMAGE...HEAVY
RAIN...AND FLOODING THROUGH THIS EVENING.

KYZ044-050>052-087-088-092200-
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-BELL-HARLAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FLEMINGSBURG...CAMARGO...
JEFFERSONVILLE...MOUNT STERLING...OWINGSVILLE...MOREHEAD...
MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...CUMBERLAND...HARLAN
257 PM EDT FRI JUL 8 2016

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 355 IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM EDT THIS
EVENING...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN KENTUCKY.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT.

WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING...WITH A
FEW HAVING THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE. WIND GUSTS OF UP TO 60
MPH AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLOODING CONCERNS...WILL ALL BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES FROM MONDAY INTO THURSDAY...
MAINLY DURING EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT ANY INSTANCES OF WIND DAMAGE AND
HEAVY RAIN THROUGH THIS EVENING.

GUSEMAN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 11:23 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLEstill33 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.