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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Jackson, KY

September 10, 2018Estill County, Powell County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood warning at Sep 10, 2018, 6:38 PM EDT for Estill County, Powell County, Kentucky. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 10, 2018, 6:38 PM EDT (22:38 UTC)
Expired: Sep 11, 2018, 11:41 AM EDT
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Estill County, KY, Powell County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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 Red River at Clay City (CYCK2).

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 17 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03283500, 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 Sep 9, 7:25 PM EDT, 23 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 9, 7:25 PM EDT, 23 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
Sep 9, 8:00 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Bath, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan	14 hr
Sep 9, 9:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell	9 hr
Sep 10, 9:57 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Rowan	5 hr
Sep 10, 10:00 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Montgomery	6 hr

Nearby

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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.