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River Flood Advisory 2, NWS Jackson, KY

February 7, 2018Estill County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood advisory at Feb 7, 2018, 10:07 PM EST for Estill County, Kentucky. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 7, 2018, 10:07 PM EST (03:07 UTC)
Expired: Feb 11, 2018, 10:00 PM EST
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Estill County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Kentucky River near Ravenna (RAVK2). The gauge peaked at 26.49 ft at Feb 12, 2018, 10:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 21 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03282120, 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 7, 7:54 PM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 7, 7:54 PM EST, 2 hours 13 minutes 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
Feb 7, 10:07 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Lee	4 days

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Kentucky, 2018 Every 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.