911
WGUS83 KJKL 170448
FLSJKL
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1248 AM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
KYC025-129-170515-
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BREATHITT KY-LEE KY-
1248 AM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING
...REPLACES FLASH FLOOD WARNING...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS OCCURRING IS
EXPECTED.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, BREATHITT AND LEE.
* WHEN...UNTIL 115 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1247 AM EDT, THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLOODING IN QUICKSAND AND
JACKSON. BETWEEN 1.25 AND 2.25 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.
- FLOODING IMPACTS WILL CONTINUE, BUT NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS
EXPECTED.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE 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 3751 8362 3754 8363 3754 8365 3755 8367
3770 8368 3768 8363 3767 8362 3764 8352
3763 8353 3762 8350 3758 8329 3753 8312
3748 8318 3749 8340 3751 8361
MARCUS
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