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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1001 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
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BREATHITT KY-MAGOFFIN KY-MORGAN KY-WOLFE KY-
1001 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM EDT THIS
EVENING FOR NORTHWESTERN BREATHITT, WEST CENTRAL MAGOFFIN,
SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN AND WOLFE COUNTIES...
AT 1001 PM EDT, THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN CAMPTON.
BETWEEN 2.5 AND 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING
IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING. HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING.
SOURCE...PUBLIC REPORTED.
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...OBSERVED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
MARCUS
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