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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1231 AM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
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FLOYD KY-KNOTT KY-
1231 AM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT EARLY THIS
MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN FLOYD AND NORTHEASTERN KNOTT COUNTIES...
AT 1231 AM EDT, THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ALONG WILEY FORK
ROAD. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 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...
HINDMAN, ESTILL, PIPPA PASSES, WAYLAND, LARKSLANE, HOLLYBUSH,
RAVEN, MOUSIE, KITE, TOPMOST, BETTY, DEMO, GLO, DRY CREEK, GARNER,
BOLYN, PORTER JUNCTION, GARRET, HANDSHOE AND HALL.
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 3750 8283 3745 8276 3732 8275 3728 8272
3728 8279 3735 8304 3736 8295 3740 8292
3748 8292
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
MARCUS
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