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WGUS73 KJKL 170330
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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1130 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
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MAGOFFIN KY-MENIFEE KY-MORGAN KY-POWELL KY-WOLFE KY-
1130 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN MENIFEE, EAST CENTRAL POWELL, NORTHWESTERN
MAGOFFIN, SOUTHWESTERN MORGAN AND WOLFE COUNTIES...
AT 1130 PM EDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN
CAMPTON. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL
LIGHT RAINFALL IS ONGOING ACROSS IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING
IS ALREADY OCCURRING.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT 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...
WEST LIBERTY, CAMPTON, LEWIS, WELLINGTON, CAMPSITES IN THE INDIAN
CREEK AREA OF THE DANIEL BOONE NATIONAL FORREST, HAZEL GREEN,
MURPHYFORK, TOLIVER, TRENT, DAYSBORO, REXVILLE, MAYTOWN,
GOSNEYVILLE, LOWER GILMORE, STILLWATER, MIZE, LEXIE, LANDSAW,
PEKIN AND EZEL.
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 3793 8361 3792 8346 3788 8320 3783 8316
3777 8319 3773 8319 3767 8324 3768 8329
3768 8334 3770 8339 3768 8343 3770 8351
3777 8367 3784 8371
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
MARCUS
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