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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
409 AM EDT TUE JUL 21 2026
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-212015-
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FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-
ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-
OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BOONEVILLE, COAL RUN, MONTICELLO,
BEATTYVILLE, HINDMAN, MANCHESTER, OWINGSVILLE, MOUNT VERNON,
ANNVILLE, PRESTONSBURG, SOMERSET, CLAY CITY, BARBOURVILLE, SOUTH
WILLIAMSON, JACKSON, PIKEVILLE, FLEMINGSBURG, MCKEE, CAMPTON,
PIPPA PASSES, BRODHEAD, STEARNS, RAVENNA, WHITESBURG, HARLAN,
PAINTSVILLE, FRENCHBURG, WHEELWRIGHT, JEFFERSONVILLE, IRVINE,
SALYERSVILLE, MOREHEAD, MOUNT STERLING, CORBIN, PINEVILLE,
LONDON, MIDDLESBORO, ELKHORN CITY, HAZARD, CAMARGO, SANDY HOOK,
BURNSIDE, WILLIAMSBURG, JENKINS, WEST LIBERTY, HYDEN, WHITLEY
CITY, INEZ, CUMBERLAND, AND STANTON
409 AM EDT TUE JUL 21 2026
...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE
TONIGHT...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL, NORTHEAST, SOUTH CENTRAL, AND
SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN EAST
CENTRAL KENTUCKY, BATH, ELLIOTT, ESTILL, FLEMING, MENIFEE,
MONTGOMERY, POWELL AND ROWAN. IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY, JOHNSON AND
MARTIN. IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY, LAUREL, MCCREARY, PULASKI,
ROCKCASTLE, WAYNE AND WHITLEY. IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY, BELL,
BREATHITT, CLAY, FLOYD, HARLAN, JACKSON, KNOTT, KNOX, LEE, LESLIE,
LETCHER, MAGOFFIN, MORGAN, OWSLEY, PERRY, PIKE AND WOLFE.
* WHEN...FROM 1 PM EDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE FLOODED.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ARE ANTICIPATED.
THESE STORMS COULD MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER A FEW LOCATIONS
RESULTING IN SWATHS OF HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED TO SCATTERED
INSTANCES OF FLASH FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
JP
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