265  
WGUS63 KJKL 130823  
FFAJKL  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY  
423 AM EDT WED AUG 13 2025  
 
KYZ084>088-110-113-115>118-120-131630-  
/O.NEW.KJKL.FA.A.0011.250813T0823Z-250814T0000Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-FLOYD-KNOTT-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-  
LETCHER-PIKE-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF PRESTONSBURG, JENKINS, ELKHORN CITY,  
MANCHESTER, WHEELWRIGHT, BARBOURVILLE, PINEVILLE, HARLAN, HAZARD,  
COAL RUN, PIKEVILLE, HINDMAN, WILLIAMSBURG, CORBIN, PIPPA PASSES,  
HYDEN, WHITESBURG, CUMBERLAND, STEARNS, WHITLEY CITY,  
MIDDLESBORO, AND SOUTH WILLIAMSON  
423 AM EDT WED AUG 13 2025  
   
..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING
 
 
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY,  
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY,  
MCCREARY AND WHITLEY. IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY, BELL, CLAY, FLOYD,  
HARLAN, KNOTT, KNOX, LESLIE, LETCHER, PERRY AND PIKE.  
 
* WHEN...THROUGH THIS EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF CREEKS,  
STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- REPEATED ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED  
TODAY. WHILE MOST AREAS SHOULD RECEIVE ONE HALF TO ONE INCH  
OF RAINFALL, LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THE MOST PERSISTENT  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD RECEIVE UPWARDS OF 3 INCHES  
OF RAINFALL.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION  
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.  
 

 
 

 
 
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