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River Flood Advisory 7, NWS Jackson, KY

February 3, 2016Knox County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood advisory at Feb 3, 2016, 5:46 PM EST for Knox County, Kentucky. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 3, 2016, 5:46 PM EST (22:46 UTC)
Expired: Feb 4, 2016, 8:30 PM EST
In force: 27 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Knox County, KY

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Cumberland River at Barbourville (BBVK2). The gauge peaked at 23.50 ft at Feb 4, 2016, 5:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 21.5 ft
Minor stage: 27 ft
Moderate stage: 33 ft
Major stage: 38 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03403500, 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, 3:57 PM EST, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 3, 3:57 PM EST, 1 hour 49 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, 7:39 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill, Powell	4 days
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	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.