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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 6, 2020, 2:26 AM EST for Harlan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 6, 2020, 2:26 AM EST (07:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 7, 2020, 1:14 AM EST
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Harlan County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Cumberland River at Baxter (BXTK2).
- Action stage
- 13 ft
- Minor stage
- 16 ft
- Moderate stage
- 18 ft
- Major stage
- 20 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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, 1:19 AM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 6, 1:19 AM EST, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Jackson KY 357 PM EST Wed Feb 5 2020 KYZ044-050>052-059-060-104-106-070000- Fleming-Montgomery-Bath-Rowan-Powell-Menifee-Elliott-Morgan- Including the cities of Flemingsburg, Camargo, Jeffersonville, Mount Sterling, Owingsville, Morehead, Clay City, Stanton, Frenchburg, Sandy Hook, and West Liberty 357 PM EST Wed Feb 5 2020 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Thunderstorms are possible this evening and tonight, generally south of I-64. Another round of moderate rainfall may lead to localized minor flooding. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Multiple rounds of rainfall from the past few days may lead to significant rises on rivers Thursday through Friday. Any remaining rain will change to snow Thursday night and Friday. Minor snow accumulations will be possible, with amounts of generally less than an inch. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated. KYZ058-068-069-079-080-083>088-107>120-070000- Estill-Rockcastle-Jackson-Pulaski-Laurel-Wayne-McCreary-Whitley- Knox-Bell-Harlan-Johnson-Wolfe-Magoffin-Floyd-Lee-Breathitt-Knott- Owsley-Perry-Clay-Leslie-Letcher-Martin-Pike- Including the cities of Irvine, Ravenna, Brodhead, Mount Vernon, McKee, Annville, Burnside, Somerset, London, Monticello, Stearns, Whitley City, Corbin, Williamsburg, Barbourville, Middlesboro, Pineville, Cumberland, Harlan, 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 357 PM EST Wed Feb 5 2020 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM EST THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Tonight. Thunderstorms are possible this evening and tonight. Another round of widespread heavier rainfall may lead to flooding tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Multiple rounds of rainfall from the past few days may lead to significant rises on rivers Thursday and Friday. Any remaining rain will change to snow Thursday night and Friday. Minor snow accumulations will be possible, with amounts of generally less than an inch. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed tonight and Thursday to report instances of flooding. AR/DJ
In the hours before
Local storm report, Feb 5, 11:23 PM EST, 3 hours 3 minutes 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, 2:40 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 |
| Feb 6, 5:01 PM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Pike | 11 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.