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River Flood Warning 19, NWS Jackson, KY

March 21, 2020Lee County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood warning at Mar 21, 2020, 9:03 PM EDT for Lee County, Kentucky. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 21, 2020, 9:03 PM EDT (01:03 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 2020, 2:34 AM EDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Lee County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Kentucky River at Heidelberg (HLDK2). The gauge peaked at 20.08 ft at Mar 21, 2020, 8:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
16 ft
Minor stage
20 ft
Moderate stage
24 ft
Major stage
30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03282000, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 22, 2:32 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLLee65 hr

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.