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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
956 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL BREATHITT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
EASTERN LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...
* UNTIL 100 AM EDT.
* AT 956 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 1.5 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...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...
JACKSON, FINCASTLE, GENTRY, YEADON, ELKATAWA, CHENOWEE, FROZEN
CREEK, LAWSON, WAR CREEK, FIVEMILE, OAKDALE, GUERRANT, CURT,
INVERNESS, COPEBRANCH, DUMONT, WIDECREEK, QUICKSAND, NOCTOR AND
FILLMORE.
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 3764 8352 3763 8353 3762 8350
3758 8329 3753 8312 3748 8318 3749 8340
3751 8359 3751 8361 3751 8362 3754 8363
3754 8365 3755 8367 3770 8368 3768 8363
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
MARCUS
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