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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1222 AM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
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BREATHITT KY-KNOTT KY-PERRY KY-
1222 AM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EDT EARLY THIS
MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN BREATHITT, NORTHWESTERN KNOTT AND
NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTIES...
AT 1222 AM EDT, THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN SOFT SHELL.
BETWEEN 1 AND 2.25 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLOODING IMPACTS WILL
CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. 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...
BUCK, ARY, NOBLE, ROWDY, TALCUM, DECOY, BEARVILLE, FISTY, DICE,
HARDSHELL, ELMROCK, NED, TINA, VEST, CLAYHOLE, WATTS, FLINTVILLE,
YELLOW MOUNTAIN, LOST CREEK AND SOFT SHELL.
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 3748 8318 3753 8312 3748 8293 3748 8292
3740 8292 3736 8295 3734 8306 3732 8322
3738 8330 3741 8340 3746 8341 3748 8340
3749 8340
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
MARCUS
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