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River Flood Warning 33, NWS Jackson, KY

May 17, 2025Owsley County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood warning at May 17, 2025, 9:29 AM EDT for Owsley County, Kentucky. It took effect at May 17, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 17, 2025, 9:29 AM EDT (13:29 UTC)
In effect from: May 17, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
Expired: May 17, 2025, 10:11 PM EDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Owsley County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point South Fork Kentucky River at Booneville (BOOK2). The gauge peaked at 24.85 ft at May 17, 2025, 6:00 PM EDT.

Action stage: 21.5 ft
Minor stage: 27 ft
Moderate stage: 32 ft
Major stage: 38 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03281500, 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 May 17, 6:25 AM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 6:25 AM EDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 17, 4:18 AM EDT, 5 hours 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 17, 8:12 AM EDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 17, 8:15 AM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 17, 8:27 AM EDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 17, 8:40 AM EDT, 49 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 16, 9:02 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bath, Montgomery	28 min
May 16, 9:24 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Rowan	36 min
May 16, 9:36 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan	24 min
May 16, 9:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Elliott, Morgan, Rowan	34 min
May 16, 9:44 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Jackson, Lee	31 min
May 16, 9:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan	4 hr
May 16, 9:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan	49 min
May 16, 10:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan	30 min
May 16, 10:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Lee, Menifee, Powell, Rockcastle and 1 more	27 min
May 16, 10:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Powell and 2 more	3 hr
May 16, 10:19 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Lee	11 hr
May 16, 10:19 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Estill	11 hr
May 16, 10:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JKL	Breathitt, Estill, Lee, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan and 2 more	35 min
May 16, 10:26 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Elliott, Rowan	34 min
May 16, 10:29 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Pulaski, Wayne	46 min
May 16, 10:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Rockcastle	27 min
May 16, 10:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Elliott, Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin and 1 more	36 min
May 16, 10:55 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Elliott	20 min
May 16, 10:57 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	JKL	Pulaski	32 min
May 16, 11:04 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Breathitt, Knott	41 min
May 16, 11:07 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	JKL	Knox, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	53 min
May 16, 11:16 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Clay, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Owsley and 2 more	5 hr
May 16, 11:18 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Martin, Pike	42 min
May 16, 11:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Menifee and 5 more	4 hr
May 16, 11:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Martin and 4 more	4 hr
May 16, 11:25 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Elliott, Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan and 2 more	50 min
May 16, 11:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee and 5 more	40 min
May 16, 11:38 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Knott, Lee, Leslie and 5 more	5 hr
May 16, 11:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Clay, Knott, Leslie, Perry	52 min
May 16, 11:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	JKL	Clay, Knox, Laurel, Leslie, Owsley	48 min
May 16, 11:48 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	27 min
May 17, 12:07 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	53 min
May 17, 12:09 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Owsley, Powell and 2 more	27 min
May 17, 12:17 AM EDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	JKL	Clay, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry	43 min
May 17, 12:19 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JKL	Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne, Whitley	41 min
May 17, 12:25 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Lee, Magoffin, Owsley and 1 more	50 min
May 17, 12:25 AM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne	12 min
May 17, 12:42 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin	33 min
May 17, 12:47 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Martin, Pike	28 min
May 17, 12:52 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry	23 min
May 17, 12:54 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Leslie, Owsley, Perry	36 min
May 17, 12:57 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bell, Clay, Knox, Laurel, Leslie, McCreary and 1 more	48 min
May 17, 1:08 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Floyd, Pike	52 min
May 17, 1:10 AM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie, Letcher and 1 more	3 hr
May 17, 1:12 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry	48 min
May 17, 1:22 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Knott, Letcher, Pike	23 min
May 17, 1:53 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Harlan	22 min
May 17, 4:02 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Clay, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Owsley and 2 more	14 hr
May 17, 4:22 AM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Knott, Lee, Leslie and 5 more	13 hr
May 17, 8:23 AM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay	14 hr
May 17, 9:12 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Estill	38 hr
May 17, 9:14 AM EDT	River Flood Warning	JKL	Lee	24 hr
May 17, 1:43 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Floyd	20 hr
May 17, 5:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Clay, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Lee, Owsley and 2 more	6 hr
May 17, 5:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Knott, Lee, Leslie and 5 more	6 hr
May 17, 7:35 PM EDT	River Flood Advisory	JKL	Magoffin	14 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.