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Flash Flood Watch 9, NWS Jackson, KY

December 27, 201813 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood watch at Dec 27, 2018, 4:28 AM EST for 13 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Dec 27, 2018, 7:00 PM EST. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 27, 2018, 4:28 AM EST (09:28 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 27, 2018, 7:00 PM EST
Expired
Dec 28, 2018, 10:15 AM EST
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Flood severity
None

Counties Bell County, KY, Clay County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Whitley County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:28 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 Dec 27, 4:19 AM EST, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 27, 4:19 AM EST, 9 minutes before
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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.