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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
906 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
KYZ058>060-068-069-106>120-171000-
/O.NEW.KJKL.FA.A.0011.260817T0106Z-260817T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-
MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-
LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CLAY CITY, MOUNT VERNON, STANTON, MCKEE,
IRVINE, MANCHESTER, ANNVILLE, BEATTYVILLE, PAINTSVILLE, INEZ,
HAZARD, HINDMAN, SOUTH WILLIAMSON, PRESTONSBURG, WHITESBURG, COAL
RUN, JACKSON, ELKHORN CITY, PIKEVILLE, BOONEVILLE, JENKINS,
RAVENNA, SALYERSVILLE, CAMPTON, BRODHEAD, FRENCHBURG, PIPPA
PASSES, HYDEN, WHEELWRIGHT, AND WEST LIBERTY
906 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
..A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...THE FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE KENTUCKY COUNTIES OF ESTILL,
MENIFEE, POWELL, JOHNSON, MARTIN, ROCKCASTLE, BREATHITT, CLAY,
FLOYD, JACKSON, KNOTT, LEE, LESLIE, LETCHER, MAGOFFIN, MORGAN,
OWSLEY, PERRY, PIKE, AND WOLFE.
* WHEN...THE FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF CREEKS,
STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY SOUTH THROUGH THE
REGION TONIGHT. WHERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOST PERSISTENT,
FLASH FLOODING COULD RESULT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
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