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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Jackson, KY

February 16, 2023Estill County, Powell County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 16, 2023, 11:27 PM EST for Estill County, Powell County, Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 17, 2023, 5:00 AM EST. It was in force for 49 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 16, 2023, 11:27 PM EST (04:27 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 17, 2023, 5:00 AM EST
Expired
Feb 19, 2023, 5:53 AM EST
In force
49 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Estill County, KY, Powell County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Red River at Clay City (CYCK2).

Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
17 ft
Moderate stage
19 ft
Major stage
23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03283500, 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 16, 9:06 PM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 16, 9:06 PM EST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 16, 5:32 PM EST, 5 hours 55 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 16, 6:27 PM EST, 5 hours before
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Local storm report, Feb 16, 6:51 PM EST, 4 hours 36 minutes before
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Local storm report, Feb 16, 9:47 PM EST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 16, 7:26 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBreathitt, Clay, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley and 2 more4 hr
Feb 16, 7:31 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBreathitt, Knott, Lee, Magoffin, Morgan, Perry and 2 more4 hr
Feb 16, 8:18 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningJKLOwsley46 hr
Feb 16, 11:01 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBath, Elliott, Estill, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery and 4 more5 hr
Feb 16, 11:42 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLBreathitt13 hr
Feb 16, 11:45 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLClay23 hr
Feb 16, 11:48 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningJKLWhitley4 days
Feb 16, 11:52 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLFloyd55 hr
Feb 16, 11:59 PM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBreathitt, Clay, Jackson, Knott, Laurel, Leslie and 3 more5 hr
Feb 17, 12:00 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan6 hr
Feb 17, 12:13 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBreathitt, Clay, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Magoffin and 6 more5 hr
Feb 17, 12:37 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLClay, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle and 2 more3 hr
Feb 17, 1:23 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningJKLMagoffin16 hr
Feb 17, 1:29 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLClay, Knott, Knox, Leslie, Perry4 hr
Feb 17, 1:34 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin, Martin, Pike5 hr
Feb 17, 1:55 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLPerry11 hr
Feb 17, 2:47 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningJKLHarlan13 hr
Feb 17, 2:47 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningJKLBell26 hr
Feb 17, 2:50 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLHarlan12 hr
Feb 17, 2:50 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLKnox11 hr
Feb 17, 4:58 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningJKLBreathitt23 hr
Feb 17, 4:58 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningJKLPerry16 hr
Feb 17, 5:27 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningJKLKnox49 hr
Feb 17, 5:39 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLJohnson45 hr
Feb 17, 5:39 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLPike22 hr
Feb 17, 9:05 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningJKLPerry12 hr
Feb 17, 11:27 AM ESTRiver Flood WarningJKLBreathitt9 hr
Feb 17, 5:20 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningJKLMagoffin6 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.