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River Flood Warning 14, NWS Jackson, KY

March 25, 2018Lee County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood warning at Mar 25, 2018, 8:52 AM EDT for Lee County, Kentucky. It took effect at Mar 25, 2018, 4:42 PM EDT. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 25, 2018, 8:52 AM EDT (12:52 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 25, 2018, 4:42 PM EDT
Expired: Mar 26, 2018, 12:38 PM EDT
In force: 20 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Lee County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Kentucky River at Heidelberg (HLDK2).

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03282000, 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 Mar 24, 7:45 PM EDT, 13 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 7:45 PM EDT, 13 hours 7 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
Mar 25, 4:38 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Lee	60 hr
Mar 25, 4:43 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill	69 hr
Mar 25, 4:46 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay	39 hr
Mar 25, 7:02 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Owsley	31 hr
Mar 25, 8:52 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Estill	46 hr

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.