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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
950 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN BREATHITT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
WEST CENTRAL MAGOFFIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
WOLFE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 1145 PM EDT.
* AT 950 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3.5 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...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS,
URBAN AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
CAMPTON, SIMPSON, MOCT, ROSEFORK, SHOCKEY, UPPER GILMORE, PAXTON,
TAULBEE, GILMORE, LEXIE, SEWELL, ROCK LICK, LEE CITY, MALAGA,
WILHURST, VANCLEVE, KECK, LOWER GILMORE, BELKNAP AND HELECHAWA.
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 8362 3768 8363 3772 8371 3779 8365
3779 8352 3774 8313 3771 8310 3753 8312
3758 8329 3762 8350 3763 8353 3764 8352
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
MARCUS
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