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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1028 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
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BREATHITT KY-LEE KY-
1028 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM EDT MONDAY FOR
WEST CENTRAL BREATHITT AND EASTERN LEE COUNTIES...
AT 1028 PM EDT, THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN QUICKSAND AND
JACKSON. UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL
AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH
FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN.
SOURCE...PUBLIC REPORTED.
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...OBSERVED
MARCUS
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