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River Flood Advisory 13, NWS Jackson, KY

February 12, 2018Bell County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood advisory at Feb 12, 2018, 3:07 PM EST for Bell County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 12, 2018, 3:07 PM EST (20:07 UTC)
Expired
Feb 16, 2018, 3:01 PM EST
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Bell County, KY

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Pineville (PVLK2). The gauge peaked at 45.79 ft at Feb 11, 2018, 3:00 PM EST.

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Action stage
995 ft
Minor stage
1002 ft
Moderate stage
1010 ft
Major stage
1019 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03402900, 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 11, 6:38 PM EST, 20 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 6:38 PM EST, 20 hours 29 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 11, 8:03 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLHarlan4 days
Feb 11, 10:59 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLPerry4 days
Feb 12, 1:10 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningJKLMartin, Pike30 hr
Feb 12, 6:02 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningJKLBreathitt8 hr

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Kentucky, 2018Every river flood advisory in 2018

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.