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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Jackson, KY

February 16, 20254 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Feb 16, 2025, 2:48 AM EST for 4 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 16, 2025, 2:48 AM EST (07:48 UTC)
Expired
Feb 16, 2025, 6:00 AM EST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Clay County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Lee County, KY, Owsley County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Feb 15, 6:56 PM EST, 7 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 6:56 PM EST, 7 hours 52 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 15, 8:51 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningJKLFloyd48 hr
Feb 15, 8:52 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningJKLBath, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell, Rowan18 hr
Feb 15, 9:20 PM ESTAreal Flood WarningJKLElliott, Fleming, Rowan18 hr
Feb 15, 10:31 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLBath, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell6 hr
Feb 15, 10:39 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningJKLMagoffin26 hr
Feb 15, 10:47 PM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLBath, Fleming4 hr
Feb 16, 12:51 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBath, Rowan24 min
Feb 16, 1:18 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLEstill, Jackson, Lee, Menifee, Powell, Rockcastle42 min
Feb 16, 1:26 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLBath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan4 hr
Feb 16, 1:48 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLEstill, Jackson, Laurel, Montgomery, Powell, Rockcastle4 hr
Feb 16, 1:54 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLClay, Jackson, Lee, Menifee, Morgan, Owsley and 1 more36 min
Feb 16, 2:08 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLClay, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Owsley3 hr
Feb 16, 2:13 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Lee, Leslie, Magoffin, Owsley, Perry and 1 more32 min
Feb 16, 2:26 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBreathitt, Clay, Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan34 min
Feb 16, 3:14 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBell, Floyd, Knott, Leslie, Perry46 min
Feb 16, 3:16 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLLaurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle2 hr
Feb 16, 3:38 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLClay, Knox, Laurel, Leslie, McCreary, Owsley and 3 more3 hr
Feb 16, 3:47 AM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryJKLBath, Elliott, Estill, Fleming, Jackson, Lee and 7 more10 hr
Feb 16, 4:03 AM ESTFlash Flood WarningJKLBell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher and 2 more3 hr
Feb 16, 8:15 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLElliott, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan60 min
Feb 16, 8:17 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLClay, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Owsley and 2 more58 min
Feb 16, 8:21 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBell, Knox, Laurel, Whitley54 min
Feb 16, 8:53 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Clay, Knott, Knox, Leslie, Owsley and 1 more37 min
Feb 16, 9:01 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLHarlan, Letcher59 min
Feb 16, 9:06 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBreathitt, Elliott, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin and 1 more54 min
Feb 16, 9:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Letcher, Magoffin and 2 more62 min
Feb 16, 9:32 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLJohnson, Magoffin, Martin58 min
Feb 16, 9:44 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBath, Estill, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell and 1 more61 min
Feb 16, 10:20 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMartin, Pike10 min
Feb 16, 10:28 AM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLMartin, Pike17 min
Feb 16, 10:45 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLElliott, Morgan, Rowan, Wolfe30 min
Feb 16, 10:55 AM ESTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBreathitt, Magoffin35 min
Feb 16, 1:48 PM ESTWinter Weather AdvisoryJKLBath, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Elliott, Estill and 27 more17 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.