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Flash Flood Watch 6, NWS Jackson, KY

August 10, 201812 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood watch at Aug 10, 2018, 3:44 AM EDT for 12 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 10, 2018, 3:44 AM EDT (07:44 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2018, 6:00 PM EDT
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Flood severity: None

Counties Bell County, KY, Clay County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Aug 10, 2:43 AM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 2:43 AM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute 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
Aug 10, 2:49 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Knox, Whitley	116 min
Aug 10, 8:30 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay	2 hr
Aug 10, 10:35 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Leslie	3 hr
Aug 10, 10:40 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	McCreary, Whitley	3 hr
Aug 10, 11:27 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Leslie	3 hr
Aug 10, 11:31 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Leslie	3 hr
Aug 10, 12:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Whitley	3 hr
Aug 10, 12:39 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Leslie	2 hr
Aug 10, 1:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Whitley	3 hr
Aug 10, 4:12 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Whitley	6 hr
Aug 10, 5:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Harlan	3 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.