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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1133 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
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POWELL KY-WOLFE KY-
1133 PM EDT SUN AUG 16 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM EDT MONDAY
FOR SOUTHEASTERN POWELL AND SOUTHWESTERN WOLFE COUNTIES...
AT 1133 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.75 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL LIGHT RAINFALL IS ONGOING ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
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...
GLENCAIRN, NATURAL BRIDGE S.P., LEECO, STANDING ROCK, TORRENT,
ZACHARIAH, ROGERS, SLADE, WHISMAN, BOOTH, NADA, PILOT, LOMBARD,
ROGERS CHAPEL, HIGH FALLS, GRANNIE, KNOWLTON, VORTEX, FLAT AND
MARY.
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 3777 8383 3776 8387 3778 8390 3781 8389
3783 8387 3782 8382 3782 8369 3777 8367
3769 8347 3765 8350 3764 8352 3767 8362
3771 8369 3772 8372 3773 8372 3774 8377
3776 8378 3775 8382
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
MARCUS
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