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River Flood Advisory 51, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood advisory at Aug 18, 2021, 2:17 PM EDT for Lee County, Kentucky. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 18, 2021, 2:17 PM EDT (18:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2021, 1:50 AM EDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Lee County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Kentucky River at Heidelberg (HLDK2). The gauge peaked at 16.69 ft at Aug 19, 2021, 8:00 PM EDT.
- 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.
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 Aug 18, 12:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 12:04 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service Jackson KY 800 AM EDT Wed Aug 18 2021 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-191500- 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 800 AM EDT Wed Aug 18 2021 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. A stray thunderstorm will be possible this afternoon with a chance of additional thunderstorms tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Thunderstorms will be possible at times through much of the period, especially during the afternoon and evening hours. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated. GREIF
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 18, 12:24 PM EDT, 1 hour 53 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 8:46 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Knott, Leslie, Magoffin, Perry | 6 hr |
| Aug 17, 9:40 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Floyd, Martin, Pike | 6 hr |
| Aug 17, 10:28 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Clay, Lee, Owsley, Perry, Wolfe | 6 hr |
| Aug 18, 12:36 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bath, Elliott, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan, Wolfe | 6 hr |
| Aug 18, 1:50 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Rowan | 6 hr |
| Aug 18, 9:39 AM EDT | Areal Flood Warning | JKL | Wolfe | 6 hr |
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River Flood Advisories in Kentucky, 2021Every river flood advisory in 2021
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.