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WGUS83 KJKL 170220
FLSJKL
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1020 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
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BREATHITT KY-LESLIE KY-PERRY KY-
1020 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EDT MONDAY
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, BREATHITT, LESLIE AND PERRY.
* WHEN...UNTIL 130 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 1019 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 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED OVER
THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT ALLOW MINOR
FLOODING TO PERSIST OR WORSEN.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LAMONT, CHAVIES, NED, BARWICK, KRYPTON, WATTS, ALTRO, WOLF
COAL, DICE, BUSH BRANCH, WHICK, LITTLE, CLAYHOLE, GAYS CREEK,
HARDSHELL, COPLAND, MOSLEY BEND, SALDEE, ROWDY AND LOST
CREEK.
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 3732 8346 3749 8340 3748 8319 3744 8313
3734 8311 3733 8311 3732 8324 3724 8334
3724 8343 3726 8352
MARCUS
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