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River Flood Advisory 42, NWS Jackson, KY

March 29, 2021Owsley County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood advisory at Mar 29, 2021, 9:26 PM EDT for Owsley County, Kentucky. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 29, 2021, 9:26 PM EDT (01:26 UTC)
Expired: Mar 30, 2021, 2:00 PM EDT
In force: 17 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Owsley County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point South Fork Kentucky River at Booneville (BOOK2). The gauge peaked at 31.15 ft at Mar 29, 2021, 10:00 AM EDT.

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.

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 29, 8:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 8:20 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 30, 4:33 AM EDT	Flash Flood Watch	JKL	Bell, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Knox and 9 more	30 hr
Mar 30, 8:59 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Lee	37 hr
Mar 30, 3:24 PM EDT	Freeze Watch	JKL	Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more	24 hr
Mar 30, 3:24 PM EDT	Freeze Warning	JKL	Bath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more	43 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.