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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Jackson, KY

February 20, 2019Knox County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 20, 2019, 9:35 PM EST for Knox County, Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 21, 2019, 2:10 AM EST. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 20, 2019, 9:35 PM EST (02:35 UTC)
In effect from: Feb 21, 2019, 2:10 AM EST
Expired: Feb 26, 2019, 1:53 AM EST
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Knox County, KY

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cumberland River at Barbourville (BBVK2). The gauge peaked at 31.46 ft at Feb 24, 2019, 11:00 PM EST.

Action stage: 21.5 ft
Minor stage: 27 ft
Moderate stage: 33 ft
Major stage: 38 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03403500, 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 20, 5:10 PM EST, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 20, 5:10 PM EST, 4 hours 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 20, 3:50 PM EST, 5 hours 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 20, 3:37 PM EST, 5 hours 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 20, 4:02 PM EST, 5 hours 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 20, 5:37 PM EST, 3 hours 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 20, 6:13 PM EST, 3 hours 22 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 20, 7:00 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay	22 hr
Feb 20, 7:13 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski and 3 more	3 hr
Feb 20, 7:22 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill, Jackson and 10 more	3 hr
Feb 20, 7:23 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Johnson, Knott and 11 more	3 hr
Feb 20, 7:36 PM EST	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher and 3 more	3 hr
Feb 20, 8:20 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Harlan	6 hr
Feb 20, 9:35 PM EST	River Flood Warning	JKL	Bell	12 hr
Feb 20, 9:35 PM EST	River Flood Warning	JKL	Owsley	4 days
Feb 20, 9:48 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Perry	7 hr
Feb 20, 9:48 PM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt	24 hr
Feb 21, 2:02 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Pike	7 hr
Feb 21, 5:25 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Magoffin	16 hr
Feb 21, 11:32 AM EST	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Johnson	29 hr
Feb 21, 2:25 PM EST	Flash Flood Watch	JKL	Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more	62 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Kentucky, 2019 Every 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.