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River Flood Advisory 9, NWS Jackson, KY

April 23, 2017Clay County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood advisory at Apr 23, 2017, 8:56 PM EDT for Clay County, Kentucky. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Apr 23, 2017, 8:56 PM EDT (00:56 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2017, 7:30 PM EDT
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Clay County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point South Fork Kentucky River at Oneida (ODAK2).

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 29 ft
Moderate stage: 34 ft
Major stage: 38 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Apr 23, 8:04 PM EDT, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 8:04 PM EDT, 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 23, 4:42 PM EDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 23, 7:32 PM EDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 23, 7:54 PM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 23, 7:56 PM EDT, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
756 PM EDT SUN APR 23 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0450 PM     FLOOD            2 WSW PRUDEN            36.59N 83.92W
04/23/2017                   BELL               KY   PUBLIC

            WATER ACROSS HIGHWAY 190 ON THE TENNESSEE STATE LINE.

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Local storm report, Apr 23, 8:00 PM EDT, 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
800 PM EDT SUN APR 23 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0656 PM     FLOOD            1 NE DEANE              37.25N 82.76W
04/23/2017                   LETCHER            KY   PUBLIC

            NUMEROUS LOCATIONS ON KENTUCKY HIGHWAY 7 THROUGHOUT THE
            COUNTY WITH WATER COVERING THE ROADWAY.

&&

JCG

Local storm report, Apr 23, 8:09 PM EDT, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
809 PM EDT SUN APR 23 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0830 AM     FLOOD            WILLIAMSBURG            36.74N 84.17W
04/23/2017                   WHITLEY            KY   BROADCAST MEDIA

            MAN RESCUED UNHARMED FROM THE CUMBERLAND RIVER NEAR
            WILLIAMSBURG AS HIGH WATERS CARRIED HIM DOWNSTREAM 30
            YARDS.

&&

JCG

Local storm report, Apr 23, 8:39 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
839 PM EDT SUN APR 23 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0800 PM     FLOOD            2 NW WHITESBURG         37.14N 82.86W
04/23/2017                   LETCHER            KY   BROADCAST MEDIA

            WATER COMPLETELY COVERING HIGHWAY 15 NEAR DRY FORK.

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 23, 10:02 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Bell	21 hr
Apr 23, 10:05 PM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Harlan	11 hr
Apr 23, 10:09 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Harlan	11 hr
Apr 23, 11:17 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Owsley	33 hr
Apr 23, 11:19 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Perry	15 hr
Apr 24, 4:08 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Perry	11 hr
Apr 24, 5:33 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Pike	20 hr
Apr 24, 6:50 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Estill	47 hr
Apr 24, 6:58 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Perry	17 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Kentucky, 2017 Every river flood advisory in 2017

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.