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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 12, 2020, 11:23 PM EST for Owsley County, Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 13, 2020, 3:41 PM EST. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 12, 2020, 11:23 PM EST (04:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 13, 2020, 3:41 PM EST
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2020, 5:45 AM EST
- In force
- 14 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Owsley County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:26 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 South Fork Kentucky River at Booneville (BOOK2). The gauge peaked at 27.32 ft at Feb 14, 2020, 1:00 AM EST.
- Action stage
- 21.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 27 ft
- Moderate stage
- 32 ft
- Major stage
- 38 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03281500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 8:06 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Wayne | 24 min |
| Feb 12, 8:27 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | McCreary | 33 min |
| Feb 12, 8:32 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Owsley | 43 min |
| Feb 12, 8:43 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Estill, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 12, 8:49 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Jackson, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle and 2 more | 10 hr |
| Feb 12, 8:59 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bell, Whitley | 46 min |
| Feb 12, 9:03 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Knox, Leslie, Magoffin, Perry | 42 min |
| Feb 12, 9:17 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Johnson | 43 min |
| Feb 12, 9:35 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 40 min |
| Feb 12, 9:39 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Floyd, Martin | 36 min |
| Feb 12, 10:11 PM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Letcher, Pike | 34 min |
| Feb 13, 1:01 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Jackson, Knox, Laurel and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 13, 2:45 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Elliott, Johnson, Lee, Magoffin, Menifee and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 13, 8:05 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay | 16 hr |
| Feb 13, 11:49 AM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell | 10 hr |
| Feb 13, 12:43 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Magoffin | 4 days |
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.