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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
944 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
NORTHERN BREATHITT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
NORTHWESTERN FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
NORTH CENTRAL KNOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
MAGOFFIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHEASTERN WOLFE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 1230 AM EDT.
* AT 944 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
PRESTONSBURG, SALYERSVILLE, MASON, SIMPSON, CARVER, CONLEY
STATION, CARVER STATION, SUBLETT, SKAGGS, WEST ROYALTON STATION,
ROYALTON, SWAMPTON, TIPTOP, DUCO, LAKESVILLE, MARSHALLVILLE,
BRADLEY, HENDRICKS, BURNING FORK AND FORAKER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 3767 8343 3770 8340 3768 8334 3767 8324
3773 8319 3783 8316 3788 8320 3788 8308
3781 8302 3778 8294 3778 8288 3773 8284
3768 8271 3761 8274 3747 8290 3752 8307
3758 8329 3762 8350 3769 8347
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
MARCUS
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