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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Jackson, KY

March 12, 202010 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood watch at Mar 12, 2020, 10:56 AM EDT for 10 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Mar 12, 2020, 7:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 12, 2020, 10:56 AM EDT (14:56 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 12, 2020, 7:00 PM EDT
Expired: Mar 13, 2020, 3:00 AM EDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Flood severity: None

Counties Bath County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Powell County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Wolfe County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Mar 12, 7:48 AM EDT, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 7:48 AM EDT, 3 hours 8 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 12, 7:19 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan	116 min

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.