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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this river flood warning at Feb 11, 2025, 10:25 PM EST for Whitley County, Kentucky. It took effect at Feb 12, 2025, 6:45 AM EST. It was in force for 9 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 11, 2025, 10:25 PM EST (03:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 12, 2025, 6:45 AM EST
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2025, 8:50 PM EST
- In force
- 9 days
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Whitley County, KY
The radar
The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:24 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 Cumberland River at Williamsburg (WLBK2). The gauge peaked at 31.19 ft at Feb 18, 2025, 2:00 AM EST.
- Action stage
- 17 ft
- Minor stage
- 21 ft
- Moderate stage
- 27.5 ft
- Major stage
- 32 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 03404000, 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 7:52 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Floyd, Harlan, Knott, Knox, Letcher and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 11, 8:54 PM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Clay, Knox, McCreary, Whitley | 3 hr |
| Feb 11, 9:28 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Harlan | 12 hr |
| Feb 11, 9:28 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell | 16 hr |
| Feb 11, 9:28 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Knox | 11 hr |
| Feb 11, 10:13 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Perry | 5 hr |
| Feb 11, 10:13 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay | 27 hr |
| Feb 11, 10:13 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Owsley | 27 hr |
| Feb 11, 10:13 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Lee | 39 hr |
| Feb 12, 6:26 AM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Estill | 9 days |
| Feb 12, 8:06 AM EST | River Flood Warning | JKL | Knox | 19 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:38 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Floyd | 3 days |
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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.