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WGUS43 KJKL 170822
FLWJKL
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
422 AM EDT SAT MAY 17 2025
KYC025-051-071-119-129-131-133-153-159-193-195-171400-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BREATHITT KY-CLAY KY-FLOYD KY-KNOTT KY-LEE KY-LESLIE KY-LETCHER
KY-MAGOFFIN KY-MARTIN KY-PERRY KY-PIKE KY-
422 AM EDT SAT MAY 17 2025
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM EDT THIS MORNING
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...ELEVATED RIVER LEVELS CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL ARE
EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY, INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY, MARTIN. IN
SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY, BREATHITT, CLAY, FLOYD, KNOTT, LEE, LESLIE,
LETCHER, MAGOFFIN, PERRY AND PIKE.
* WHEN...UNTIL 1000 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF LARGER CREEKS, STREAMS, ESPECIALLY IN
LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 421 AM EDT, FLOODING WAS ONGOING IN THE WARNED AREA, AS 2
TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD OCCURRED IN THE PAST 18 TO 24
HOURS.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PIKEVILLE, HAZARD, PRESTONSBURG, JACKSON, WHITESBURG,
HINDMAN, HYDEN, LETCHER, ESTILL, BATH, JENKINS, COAL RUN
VILLAGE, ELKHORN CITY, WHEELWRIGHT, FLEMING-NEON, MARTIN,
PIPPA PASSES, FOREST HILLS, WAYLAND AND VICCO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3765 8350 3762 8350 3765 8345 3769 8230
3763 8221 3765 8217 3755 8213 3754 8197
3727 8235 3712 8272 3707 8273 3708 8358
3729 8358 3727 8352 3729 8355 3742 8353
3751 8358 3764 8356
GEOGERIAN
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