Alert archive / Kentucky / Flood Watches in 2018
Flood Watch 4, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flood watch at Feb 16, 2018, 1:31 PM EST for 14 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 17, 2018, 10:00 AM EST. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 2018, 1:31 PM EST (18:31 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 17, 2018, 10:00 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2018, 7:17 PM EST
- In force
- 9 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, Martin County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Whitley County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:35 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 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 flood watch went out at Feb 16, 9:56 AM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 9:56 AM EST, 3 hours 35 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 5:22 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Whitley | 29 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.