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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Jackson, KY

February 19, 2019Lee County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 19, 2019, 3:42 PM EST for Lee County, Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 21, 2019, 1:40 AM EST. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 19, 2019, 3:42 PM EST (20:42 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 21, 2019, 1:40 AM EST
Expired
Feb 25, 2019, 9:33 PM EST
In force
5 days
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 20:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 at Heidelberg (HLDK2). The gauge peaked at 24.00 ft at Feb 24, 2019, 5:00 PM EST.

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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 Feb 19, 1:10 PM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 1:10 PM EST, 2 hours 32 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 3:41 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryJKLBath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan24 hr
Feb 19, 3:42 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningJKLEstill7 days

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.