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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 6, 2020, 5:01 PM EST for Pike County, Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 6, 2020, 6:00 PM EST. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2020, 5:01 PM EST (22:01 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 6, 2020, 6:00 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2020, 4:20 AM EST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Pike County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Levisa Fork at Pikeville (PKYK2). The gauge peaked at 37.43 ft at Feb 6, 2020, 10:00 PM EST.
- Action stage
- 28 ft
- Minor stage
- 35 ft
- Moderate stage
- 42 ft
- Major stage
- 50 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03209500, 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 6, 4:51 PM EST, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 4:51 PM EST, 10 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Jackson KY 433 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2020 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-080045- Fleming-Montgomery-Bath-Rowan-Estill-Powell-Menifee-Rockcastle- Jackson-Pulaski-Laurel-Wayne-McCreary-Whitley-Knox-Bell-Harlan- Elliott-Morgan-Johnson-Wolfe-Magoffin-Floyd-Lee-Breathitt-Knott- Owsley-Perry-Clay-Leslie-Letcher-Martin-Pike- Including the cities of Flemingsburg, Camargo, Jeffersonville, Mount Sterling, Owingsville, Morehead, Irvine, Ravenna, Clay City, Stanton, Frenchburg, Brodhead, Mount Vernon, McKee, Annville, Burnside, Somerset, London, Monticello, Stearns, Whitley City, Corbin, Williamsburg, Barbourville, Middlesboro, Pineville, Cumberland, Harlan, Sandy Hook, West Liberty, Paintsville, Campton, Salyersville, Prestonsburg, Wheelwright, Beattyville, Jackson, Hindman, Pippa Passes, Booneville, Hazard, Manchester, Hyden, Jenkins, Whitesburg, Inez, Coal Run, Elkhorn City, Pikeville, and South Williamson 433 PM EST Thu Feb 6 2020 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 PM EST FRIDAY... This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Many rivers and streams will continue to run high through tonight. Rain will change to snow tonight, with total snowfall accumulation into Friday of a half an inch to two inches. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. Snow will continue into early Friday and could affect the morning commute. Some rivers especially in the Cumberland and Kentucky Basins will run high through weekend. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter are encouraged to report any instances of flooding from today and any snowfall accumulations tonight into early Friday. DJ
In the hours before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 7:16 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Knox, McCreary, Wayne, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Feb 5, 8:22 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | McCreary, Whitley | 4 hr |
| Feb 5, 8:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Letcher | 43 min |
| Feb 5, 8:38 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Perry | 3 hr |
| Feb 5, 9:19 PM EST | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Feb 5, 9:45 PM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Knox | 4 days |
| Feb 5, 9:45 PM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Whitley | 10 days |
| Feb 5, 9:46 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Feb 5, 10:27 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Owsley | 57 hr |
| Feb 5, 10:53 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, Leslie and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 5, 10:54 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Harlan | 4 hr |
| Feb 5, 10:54 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell | 54 hr |
| Feb 5, 11:58 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox, McCreary, Whitley | 15 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:26 AM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Harlan | 23 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:40 AM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Bell | 42 hr |
| Feb 6, 7:24 AM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knott, Knox, Laurel and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 7:46 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Harlan | 12 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:41 AM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Lee | 47 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:41 AM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Letcher | 4 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:41 AM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Perry | 19 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:41 AM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Clay | 12 hr |
| Feb 6, 10:41 AM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Owsley | 36 hr |
| Feb 6, 1:11 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knott, Knox, Leslie and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:50 PM EST | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Knox, Whitley | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 2:50 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Letcher | 5 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:14 PM EST | Winter Weather Advisory | JKL | Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more | 22 hr |
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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.