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WGUS83 KJKL 170214
FLSJKL
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1014 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
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BREATHITT KY-CLAY KY-ESTILL KY-JACKSON KY-LEE KY-OWSLEY KY-PERRY
KY-
1014 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM EDT MONDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY, INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY, ESTILL. IN
SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY, BREATHITT, CLAY, JACKSON, LEE, OWSLEY AND
PERRY.
* 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 1014 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 1.5 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...
BEATTYVILLE, MCKEE, BOONEVILLE, BUCKHORN, TRAVELLERS REST,
STURGEON, GREEN HALL, VINCENT, ENDEE, ELIAN, WILD DOG,
EARNESTVILLE, DELVINTA, NATHANTON, ISLAND CITY, BANFORD,
BLAKE, MUMMIE, SCOVILLE AND IDA MAY.
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 3742 8416 3742 8417 3760 8403 3772 8372
3770 8368 3755 8367 3754 8363 3751 8362
3749 8340 3732 8346 3726 8352 3724 8393
3725 8401 3730 8410 3731 8411 3731 8409
3734 8412 3732 8414 3736 8413 3739 8417
MARCUS
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