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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Jackson, KY

January 31, 2025Lee County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood warning at Jan 31, 2025, 1:08 PM EST for Lee County, Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 1, 2025, 1:00 PM EST. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 31, 2025, 1:08 PM EST (18:08 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 1, 2025, 1:00 PM EST
Expired
Feb 1, 2025, 8:13 PM EST
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Lee County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Kentucky River at Heidelberg (HLDK2). The gauge peaked at 19.95 ft at Feb 1, 2025, 4:00 PM 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 31, 9:12 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBreathitt, Estill, Floyd, Johnson, Lee, Magoffin and 5 more10 hr
Jan 31, 9:23 AM ESTAreal Flood AdvisoryJKLBell, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Knott and 5 more10 hr
Jan 31, 11:10 AM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLEstill, Powell23 hr
Jan 31, 12:05 PM ESTRiver Flood WarningJKLEstill49 hr
Jan 31, 12:50 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLClay45 hr
Jan 31, 1:55 PM ESTRiver Flood AdvisoryJKLOwsley40 hr

Nearby

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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.