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River Flood Advisory 39, NWS Jackson, KY

March 19, 2020Estill County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood advisory at Mar 19, 2020, 11:44 PM EDT for Estill County, Kentucky. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 19, 2020, 11:44 PM EDT (03:44 UTC)
Expired: Mar 20, 2020, 11:11 PM EDT
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Estill County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Kentucky River near Ravenna (RAVK2). The gauge peaked at 22.42 ft at Mar 21, 2020, 11:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 21 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03282120, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Mar 19, 10:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 19, 10:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 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 19, 11:44 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Lee	45 hr
Mar 20, 6:21 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Estill, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell	114 min
Mar 20, 6:50 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne	115 min
Mar 20, 8:10 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Owsley, Pulaski and 2 more	110 min
Mar 20, 3:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Owsley	64 min
Mar 20, 3:45 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Leslie, Owsley, Perry	45 min
Mar 20, 3:53 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Leslie, Owsley, Perry	37 min
Mar 20, 4:23 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Knott, Perry	22 min
Mar 20, 7:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Knott, Magoffin	51 min
Mar 20, 7:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Jackson, Owsley, Perry	33 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.