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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Jackson, KY

January 1, 2022Lee County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood warning at Jan 1, 2022, 10:31 AM EST for Lee County, Kentucky. It took effect at Jan 1, 2022, 5:42 PM EST. It was in force for 38 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 1, 2022, 10:31 AM EST (15:31 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 1, 2022, 5:42 PM EST
Expired
Jan 3, 2022, 7:51 AM EST
In force
38 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

County Lee County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:33 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 23.32 ft at Jan 2, 2022, 8:00 AM EST.

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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.

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 Jan 1, 9:00 AM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 9:00 AM EST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 1, 9:18 AM EST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jan 1, 9:31 AM EST, 1 hour before
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Local storm report, Jan 1, 10:00 AM EST, 31 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 31, 11:15 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLFleming45 min
Dec 31, 11:56 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLRowan34 min
Jan 1, 3:47 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBreathitt, Clay, Floyd, Knott, Laurel, Leslie and 2 more5 hr
Jan 1, 4:17 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Knott, Perry8 hr
Jan 1, 4:31 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLJackson, Rockcastle44 min
Jan 1, 5:01 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLClay, Laurel, Leslie, Owsley, Perry7 hr
Jan 1, 5:10 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLJackson, Rockcastle50 min
Jan 1, 5:12 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLEstill, Jackson, Lee, Rockcastle6 hr
Jan 1, 5:49 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLJackson, Rockcastle41 min
Jan 1, 5:52 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBreathitt, Floyd38 min
Jan 1, 5:54 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson, Pulaski, Rockcastle36 min
Jan 1, 5:58 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBreathitt, Clay, Jackson, Knott, Laurel, Lee and 3 more4 hr
Jan 1, 6:06 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLFloyd, Pike4 hr
Jan 1, 6:08 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLBreathitt, Clay, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Perry5 hr
Jan 1, 6:18 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLJackson, Rockcastle5 hr
Jan 1, 6:26 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLJackson, Owsley49 min
Jan 1, 6:28 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLFloyd, Pike47 min
Jan 1, 6:43 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Pike32 min
Jan 1, 6:47 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPulaski, Rockcastle43 min
Jan 1, 6:52 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLJackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle4 hr
Jan 1, 6:57 AM ESTTornado WarningJKLPulaski33 min
Jan 1, 7:22 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatJKLLaurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle39 min
Jan 1, 7:25 AM ESTTornado WarningJKLLaurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle20 min
Jan 1, 7:42 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPike48 min
Jan 1, 7:45 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLJackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle5 hr
Jan 1, 7:51 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin, Martin, Pike4 hr
Jan 1, 7:51 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley, Rockcastle39 min
Jan 1, 8:29 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPike31 min
Jan 1, 8:57 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPike18 min
Jan 1, 9:18 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLFloyd, Knott, Letcher, Perry, Pike117 min
Jan 1, 10:31 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningJKLOwsley28 hr
Jan 1, 10:31 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningJKLEstill3 days
Jan 1, 11:07 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Knott, Leslie, Magoffin, Perry and 1 more23 hr
Jan 1, 11:17 AM ESTAreal Flood WarningJKLClay, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Owsley and 4 more23 hr
Jan 1, 11:17 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningJKLEstill, Powell61 hr
Jan 1, 1:18 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan42 min
Jan 1, 2:10 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMenifee35 min
Jan 1, 2:19 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMenifee, Powell, Wolfe41 min
Jan 1, 2:23 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan37 min
Jan 1, 2:28 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPulaski47 min
Jan 1, 2:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMenifee, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe35 min
Jan 1, 2:49 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLElliott26 min
Jan 1, 3:02 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLElliott, Johnson, Martin, Morgan28 min
Jan 1, 3:05 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLLaurel25 min
Jan 1, 3:09 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLJackson36 min
Jan 1, 3:13 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLPulaski, Wayne32 min
Jan 1, 3:29 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLOwsley31 min
Jan 1, 3:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLaurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne, Whitley35 min
Jan 1, 3:44 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMcCreary31 min
Jan 1, 3:59 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLKnott31 min
Jan 1, 4:09 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, Owsley, Whitley36 min
Jan 1, 4:18 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMcCreary, Whitley27 min
Jan 1, 4:28 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Knox, McCreary, Whitley32 min
Jan 1, 4:33 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLFloyd27 min
Jan 1, 4:37 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLKnott, Leslie, Perry23 min
Jan 1, 4:56 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie34 min
Jan 1, 5:05 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLKnott, Letcher, Perry25 min
Jan 1, 5:24 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLHarlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry36 min
Jan 1, 5:30 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPike30 min
Jan 1, 5:42 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningJKLBreathitt, Estill, Menifee, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe15 hr
Jan 1, 5:46 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBell, Harlan29 min
Jan 1, 5:56 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLLetcher34 min
Jan 1, 6:01 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPike14 min
Jan 1, 6:13 PM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLHarlan32 min

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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.