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WGUS53 KJKL 231930  
FFWJKL  
KYC013-095-131-133-232230-  
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY  
330 PM EDT WED SEP 23 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
NORTHEASTERN BELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...  
NORTHWESTERN HARLAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...  
SOUTHEASTERN LESLIE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...  
SOUTHWESTERN LETCHER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...  
 
* UNTIL 630 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 330 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE  
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.  
 
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
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...  
HARLAN, LOYALL, WALLINS CREEK, ROSSPOINT, GOLDEN ASH, KITTS,  
CLOVERTOWN, BAXTER, HARLAN GAS, BLEDSOE, NAPIER, PUTNEY, SUNSHINE,  
BIG LAUREL, WHITE STAR, PINE MOUNTAIN, TREMONT, NOLANSBURG, ARTHUR  
AND KENTENIA.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...  
LYNN FORK, OLDHOUSE BRANCH, ELK CREEK, LAUREL FORK, FOURMILE  
BRANCH, CATRON CREEK, LINE FORK, JESSES CREEK, MARTINS FORK  
CUMBERLAND RIVER, SALT TRACE BRANCH, STONY FORK, JAKES CREEK,  
LAUREL BRANCH, WALLINS CREEK, FORESTERS CREEK, BIG RUN, LITTLE  
LAUREL CREEK, BIG BRANCH, POOR FORK CUMBERLAND RIVER, TERRY FORK,  
LEWIS CREEK, CUMBERLAND RIVER, GABES CREEK, AGES CREEK, ROCKHOUSE  
CREEK, CLOVER FORK, CLOVER FORK CUMBERLAND RIVER, JAMES YORK  
BRANCH, MIDDLE FORK KENTUCKY RIVER, RIGHT FORK BILL BRANCH, BEN  
HOWARD BRANCH, STONEY FORK, STRAIGHT CREEK, LOVELY BRANCH, GREASY  
CREEK, REUBEN BRANCH, BEECH FORK AND BAILEY CREEK.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3704 8319 3704 8318 3702 8318 3702 8316  
3701 8316 3700 8312 3699 8311 3700 8310  
3697 8304 3679 8341 3686 8355  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
 
 
 
FAGAN  
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