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NWUS53 KJKL 160509
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
109 AM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
.TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON
.DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.
..REMARKS..
0337 PM FLOOD 2 S SPEIGHT 37.25N 82.68W
08/15/2026 PIKE KY PUBLIC
SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS BETWEEN 3:30 AND 4 PM
SHOW FLOODING ALONG LONG FORK IN SW PIKE
COUNTY. FIRST POST CAME AT 3:27, REPORTING
RUNOFF FROM BOONE MOUNTAIN. A SERIES OF
COMMENTS AT 3:37 SHOWED FLOODING AT THE HEAD
OF THE LEFT FORK OF LONG FORK. A BLOCKED
CULVERT IN THIS LOCATION CAUSED WATER TO GET
OUT OF THE BANKS. CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT IS
SEEN WORKING ON THE CULVERTS NEAR THE
HEADWATERS TO UNCLOG THEM. THERE ARE ONLY A
COUPLE OF INCHES OF WATER ON THE ROADWAY
BEFORE IT TURNS INTO KY-3414. THE WATER
RECEDED AND THE ROAD WAS PASSABLE AFTER A
BACKHOE QUICKLY UNCLOGGED IT. WATER WAS LESS
THAN ANKLE DEEP IN PICTURES. RESIDENTS
CONFIRMED THAT WATER DID NOT AFFECT ANY
HOMES. AS WATER EXITED THE LEFT FORK INTO
LONG FORK, IT STAYED WITHIN ITS BANKS.
ADDITIONAL POSTS FROM 3:45 SHOW AN INCH OR
TWO OF PONDED WATER IN SOME LOW PLACES ALONG
KY-3414, BUT THE FLOWING WATER STAYED MOSTLY
IN THE CREEKBED. FURTHER DOWNSTREAM TOWARDS
VIRGIE, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS FROM AFTER 4PM
REVEAL THAT WATER REMAINED IN THE BANKS AND
DID NOT AFFECT KY-1469. A FEW BRIDGES OVER
THE WATERWAY HAD WATER APPROACH THEIR BASES,
BUT THEY WERE NOT OVERTOPPED. A FLOOD
ADVISORY WAS IN EFFECT FROM 3:27 PM TO 6:30
PM FOR THESE LOCATIONS.
JMM
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