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WGUS83 KJKL 170208
FLSJKL
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1008 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
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BREATHITT KY-FLOYD KY-KNOTT KY-
1008 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM EDT MONDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, BREATHITT, FLOYD AND KNOTT.
* WHEN...UNTIL 115 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
PONDING OF WATER IN URBAN OR OTHER AREAS IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1008 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. MINOR FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BETWEEN 0.5 AND 1.25 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
OVER THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR
FLOODING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ESTILL, MARTIN, WAYLAND, HANDSHOE, BOLYN, MOUSIE, BETTY,
BOSCO, GARRET, PORTER JUNCTION, GLO, EASTERN, RAVEN, ELMROCK,
LANGLEY, DEMO, MINNIE, HUNTER, DRIFT AND MCDOWELL.
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 3753 8312 3747 8290 3760 8275 3758 8273
3751 8271 3742 8270 3739 8283 3740 8291
3741 8295 3741 8309 3748 8319
MARCUS
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