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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Jackson, KY

December 17, 2019Estill County, Powell County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood warning at Dec 17, 2019, 9:31 PM EST for Estill County, Powell County, Kentucky. It took effect at Dec 17, 2019, 10:21 PM EST. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 17, 2019, 9:31 PM EST (02:31 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 17, 2019, 10:21 PM EST
Expired
Dec 18, 2019, 8:11 PM EST
In force
22 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 02:32 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). The gauge peaked at 18.25 ft at Dec 18, 2019, 4:00 AM EST.

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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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 18, 4:01 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLOwsley41 hr
Dec 18, 12:40 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLLee19 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2019Every river flood warning in 2019

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.