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River Flood Warning 23, NWS Jackson, KY

July 28, 2022Perry County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood warning at Jul 28, 2022, 8:00 AM EDT for Perry County, Kentucky. It took effect at Jul 28, 2022, 10:36 AM EDT. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 2022, 8:00 AM EDT (12:00 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 28, 2022, 10:36 AM EDT
Expired
Jul 29, 2022, 11:28 AM EDT
In force
25 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

County Perry County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point North Fork Kentucky River at Hazard (HAZK2). The gauge peaked at 25.73 ft at Jul 28, 2022, 11:00 PM EDT.

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Action stage
16 ft
Minor stage
20 ft
Moderate stage
27 ft
Major stage
33 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03277500, 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 Jul 28, 8:00 AM EDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 8:00 AM EDT, 0 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 28, 3:41 AM EDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
341 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0340 AM     FLASH FLOOD      BUCKHORN                37.35N 83.47W
07/28/2022                   PERRY              KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            BUCKHORN SCHOOL IS FLOODED. NEARBY SQUABBLE
            CREEK IS OUT OF ITS BANKS.

&&

CF
Local storm report, Jul 28, 3:45 AM EDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
345 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0344 AM     FLASH FLOOD      EMMALENA                37.34N 83.08W
07/28/2022                   KNOTT              KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MULTIPLE CARS SUBMERGED AND HOUSE SURROUNDED
            BY WATER IN EMMALENA. REPORT VIA SOCIAL
            MEDIA.

&&

CF
Local storm report, Jul 28, 3:51 AM EDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
351 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0325 AM     FLASH FLOOD      SALYERSVILLE            37.75N 83.07W
07/28/2022                   MAGOFFIN           KY   911 CALL CENTER

            LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS KY ROUTE 7
            IMPASSIBLE IN MANY LOCATIONS DUE TO FLASH
            FLOODING.

&&

CF
Local storm report, Jul 28, 3:56 AM EDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
356 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0100 AM     FLASH FLOOD      CHAVIES                 37.35N 83.35W
07/28/2022                   PERRY              KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WATER RESCUES WERE PERFORMED ON GARFIELD
            LANE AND KENEVA ROAD IN THE CHAVIES AREA.

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Local storm report, Jul 28, 3:58 AM EDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
358 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0100 AM     FLASH FLOOD      BUCKHORN                37.35N 83.47W
07/28/2022                   PERRY              KY   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WATER RESCUES WERE PERFORMED ON CAM JOHNSON
            BRANCH AND FREEMAN FORK ROAD IN THE BUCKHORN
            AREA.

&&

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Local storm report, Jul 28, 4:16 AM EDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
416 AM EDT THU JUL 28 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0415 AM     FLASH FLOOD      2 NW MYRA               37.31N 82.64W
07/28/2022                   PIKE               KY   PUBLIC

            2 FEET OF WATER ACROSS LONG FORK ROAD IN
            VIRGIE.

&&

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 8:09 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMenifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell51 min
Jul 27, 8:14 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLElliott31 min
Jul 27, 8:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill, Powell29 min
Jul 27, 8:47 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLJohnson, Morgan, Wolfe28 min
Jul 27, 8:50 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLMenifee, Morgan, Powell3 hr
Jul 27, 9:00 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLLee, Powell30 min
Jul 27, 9:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPulaski, Rockcastle35 min
Jul 27, 9:12 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBreathitt, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin48 min
Jul 27, 9:16 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLPerry3 hr
Jul 27, 9:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLEstill, Jackson, Rockcastle31 min
Jul 27, 9:31 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLLee, Magoffin, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe4 min
Jul 27, 9:35 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLLee, Magoffin, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe3 hr
Jul 27, 9:49 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLEstill, Lee7 hr
Jul 27, 10:03 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLBreathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Owsley9 hr
Jul 27, 10:04 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLFloyd, Johnson, Magoffin9 hr
Jul 27, 10:40 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin9 hr
Jul 27, 10:41 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyJKLBreathitt, Knott, Owsley, Perry9 hr
Jul 27, 11:23 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyJKLClay, Knott, Leslie, Owsley, Perry9 hr
Jul 27, 11:24 PM EDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyJKLFloyd, Knott, Letcher, Pike8 hr
Jul 28, 12:26 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLLetcher7 hr
Jul 28, 1:30 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningJKLLee3 days
Jul 28, 1:37 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningJKLEstill4 days
Jul 28, 1:55 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLPike7 hr
Jul 28, 2:46 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLLee, Magoffin, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe4 hr
Jul 28, 3:34 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLClay, Laurel5 hr
Jul 28, 3:36 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLJackson, Rockcastle3 hr
Jul 28, 4:10 AM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLJohnson, Martin3 hr
Jul 28, 5:04 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningJKLOwsley40 hr
Jul 28, 5:05 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningJKLBreathitt58 hr
Jul 28, 5:30 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningJKLLetcher32 hr
Jul 28, 5:31 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLPerry2 hr
Jul 28, 5:33 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLClay3 hr
Jul 28, 6:53 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLLee, Magoffin, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe7 hr
Jul 28, 7:03 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLBreathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Owsley38 hr
Jul 28, 7:21 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLFloyd, Johnson, Magoffin38 hr
Jul 28, 7:21 AM EDTFlash Flood WarningJKLBell, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher, Perry3 hr
Jul 28, 7:33 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLFloyd, Knott, Letcher, Pike25 hr
Jul 28, 7:35 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLLetcher28 hr
Jul 28, 7:43 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin28 hr
Jul 28, 7:46 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLBreathitt, Knott, Owsley, Perry24 hr
Jul 28, 8:18 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLClay, Knott, Leslie, Owsley, Perry27 hr
Jul 28, 8:33 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLMagoffin4 hr
Jul 28, 8:45 AM EDTRiver Flood WarningJKLClay13 hr
Jul 28, 8:55 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLClay, Laurel8 hr
Jul 28, 9:03 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLPike27 hr
Jul 28, 10:20 AM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLBell, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher, Perry25 hr
Jul 28, 11:00 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLFloyd58 hr
Jul 28, 11:11 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLHarlan11 hr
Jul 28, 11:14 AM EDTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLPike19 hr
Jul 28, 12:15 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningJKLMagoffin18 hr
Jul 28, 1:49 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLWolfe116 min
Jul 28, 2:59 PM EDTRiver Flood WarningJKLHarlan6 hr
Jul 28, 4:47 PM EDTAreal Flood WarningJKLClay15 hr
Jul 28, 6:51 PM EDTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBell, Knox, McCreary, Whitley2 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.