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WGUS43 KJKL 170527
FLWJKL
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
127 AM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
KYC237-170645-
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WOLFE KY-
127 AM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY, WOLFE.
* WHEN...UNTIL 245 AM EDT.
* IMPACTS...FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING
AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS IS OCCURRING.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 125 AM EDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING IN
CAMPTON. FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. BETWEEN 2.5 AND 3.75
INCHES OF RAIN FELL DURING EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS.
- ADDITIONAL LIGHT RAINFALL IS ONGOING IN PORTIONS OF THE
WARNED AREA.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
CAMPTON, BAPTIST, STILLWATER, LANDSAW, VORTEX, LANE,
HOLLONVILLE, TRENT, MALAGA, MARY, CALABOOSE, BETHANY, FLAT,
PENCE, LEXIE, HIGH FALLS, GRANNIE, GILMORE, UPPER GILMORE AND
PINE RIDGE.
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 3774 8329 3772 8328 3770 8324 3769 8326
3767 8325 3768 8329 3768 8335 3770 8339
3768 8343 3763 8345 3762 8350 3765 8350
3764 8352 3767 8362 3772 8371 3779 8365
3779 8352 3777 8333 3776 8333
MARCUS
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