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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
225 AM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
KYZ044-050>052-080-086>088-104-171430-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-LAUREL-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-ELLIOTT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF JEFFERSONVILLE, CAMARGO, MOREHEAD,
OWINGSVILLE, CUMBERLAND, BARBOURVILLE, PINEVILLE, MOUNT STERLING,
SANDY HOOK, FLEMINGSBURG, HARLAN, LONDON, AND MIDDLESBORO
225 AM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL, AND SOUTHEAST
KENTUCKY, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN EAST CENTRAL
KENTUCKY, BATH, ELLIOTT, FLEMING, MONTGOMERY AND ROWAN. IN SOUTH
CENTRAL KENTUCKY, LAUREL. IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY, BELL, HARLAN AND
KNOX.
* WHEN...THROUGH THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF CREEKS,
STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TODAY. WHERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOST PERSISTENT, FLASH
FLOODING COULD RESULT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
KYZ058>060-068-069-106>120-171430-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-
MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-
LETCHER-MARTIN-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF COAL RUN, WHITESBURG, HYDEN, INEZ, PIPPA
PASSES, BOONEVILLE, MANCHESTER, ANNVILLE, CAMPTON, BEATTYVILLE,
RAVENNA, SALYERSVILLE, PRESTONSBURG, FRENCHBURG, HAZARD, JENKINS,
MCKEE, PIKEVILLE, IRVINE, PAINTSVILLE, HINDMAN, JACKSON, WEST
LIBERTY, STANTON, BRODHEAD, ELKHORN CITY, WHEELWRIGHT, MOUNT
VERNON, CLAY CITY, AND SOUTH WILLIAMSON
225 AM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
..FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL, NORTHEAST, SOUTH CENTRAL, AND
SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN EAST
CENTRAL KENTUCKY, ESTILL, MENIFEE AND POWELL. IN NORTHEAST
KENTUCKY, JOHNSON AND MARTIN. IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY,
ROCKCASTLE. IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY, BREATHITT, CLAY, FLOYD,
JACKSON, KNOTT, LEE, LESLIE, LETCHER, MAGOFFIN, MORGAN, OWSLEY,
PERRY, PIKE AND WOLFE.
* WHEN...THROUGH THIS EVENING.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF CREEKS,
STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE LOCATIONS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
TODAY. WHERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOST PERSISTENT, FLASH
FLOODING COULD RESULT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLASH FLOOD
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.
GEERTSON
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