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River Flood Warning 10, NWS Jackson, KY

February 12, 2018Breathitt County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 12, 2018, 6:02 AM EST for Breathitt County, Kentucky. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 12, 2018, 6:02 AM EST (11:02 UTC)
Expired: Feb 12, 2018, 2:30 PM EST
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Breathitt County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point North Fork Kentucky River at Jackson (JKNK2). The gauge peaked at 29.06 ft at Feb 12, 2018, 7:00 AM EST.

Action stage: 23 ft
Minor stage: 29 ft
Moderate stage: 31 ft
Major stage: 40 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03280000, 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 warning 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 warning went out at Feb 11, 6:38 PM EST, 11 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 11, 6:38 PM EST, 11 hours 24 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 11, 8:03 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Harlan	4 days
Feb 11, 10:59 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Perry	4 days
Feb 12, 1:10 AM EST	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Martin, Pike	30 hr
Feb 12, 3:07 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell	4 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2018 Every river flood warning 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.