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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
304 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-080-086>088-104-106>120-180400-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FLEMING-MONTGOMERY-BATH-ROWAN-ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ROCKCASTLE-
JACKSON-LAUREL-KNOX-BELL-HARLAN-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-JOHNSON-WOLFE-
MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-LEE-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-LETCHER-
MARTIN-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BEATTYVILLE, MANCHESTER, LONDON, BOONEVILLE,
MOUNT STERLING, FRENCHBURG, JACKSON, ANNVILLE, MOREHEAD, MCKEE, SANDY
HOOK, WHEELWRIGHT, SALYERSVILLE, SOUTH WILLIAMSON, IRVINE, PIPPA
PASSES, PAINTSVILLE, FLEMINGSBURG, WHITESBURG, CUMBERLAND, HAZARD,
MOUNT VERNON, PRESTONSBURG, PIKEVILLE, HARLAN, ELKHORN CITY,
BRODHEAD, RAVENNA, BARBOURVILLE, HINDMAN, JEFFERSONVILLE, CAMPTON,
STANTON, CLAY CITY, OWINGSVILLE, CAMARGO, WEST LIBERTY, INEZ,
PINEVILLE, MIDDLESBORO, JENKINS, COAL RUN, AND HYDEN
304 PM EDT MON AUG 17 2026
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...THE FLOOD WATCH INCLUDES THE KENTUCKY COUNTIES OF ESTILL,
MENIFEE, POWELL, JOHNSON, MARTIN, ROCKCASTLE, BREATHITT, CLAY,
FLOYD, JACKSON, KNOTT, LEE, LESLIE, LETCHER, MAGOFFIN, MORGAN,
OWSLEY, PERRY, PIKE, AND WOLFE.
* WHEN...UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF CREEKS,
STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- ONE OR MORE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
THROUGH THIS EVENING. 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.
GEOGERIAN
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