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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
1255 AM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
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PERRY KY-
1255 AM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY...
FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE AN IMMINENT THREAT.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY LINGERING ROAD CLOSURES.
A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM EDT FOR PORTIONS OF
EAST CENTRAL, NORTHEAST, SOUTH CENTRAL, AND SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY.
LAT...LON 3753 8312 3748 8293 3748 8292 3740 8292
3736 8295 3734 8311 3744 8313 3748 8318
KYC025-119-170530-
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BREATHITT KY-KNOTT KY-
1255 AM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM EDT EARLY THIS
MORNING FOR EAST CENTRAL BREATHITT AND NORTHWESTERN KNOTT COUNTIES...
AT 1255 AM EDT, THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ALONG WILEY FORK
ROAD. 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...
ELMROCK, VEST, BEARVILLE, BUCK, TINA, YELLOW MOUNTAIN, DECOY,
TALCUM 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 3753 8312 3748 8293 3748 8292 3740 8292
3736 8295 3734 8311 3744 8313 3748 8318
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
MARCUS
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