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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY  
753 PM EDT WED SEP 23 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS EXTENDED THE  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
NORTHWESTERN HARLAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...  
 
* UNTIL 900 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 753 PM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED NEW THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING  
HEAVY RAIN UPSTREAM OF THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF  
RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN FROM EARLIER STORMS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL  
AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH  
FLOODING COULD BEGIN AGAIN 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, HARLAN GAS, BAXTER, PUTNEY, SUNSHINE, BLEDSOE, BIG  
LAUREL, WHITE STAR, PINE MOUNTAIN, TREMONT, NOLANSBURG, ARTHUR,  
KENTENIA AND TOTZ.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...  
LOVELY BRANCH, CUMBERLAND RIVER, JAKES CREEK, POOR FORK CUMBERLAND  
RIVER, ROCKHOUSE CREEK, BEECH FORK, LINE FORK, GREASY CREEK, TERRY  
FORK, LITTLE LAUREL CREEK, STONY FORK, CLOVER FORK, REUBEN BRANCH,  
FORESTERS CREEK, OLDHOUSE BRANCH, AGES CREEK, RIGHT FORK BILL  
BRANCH, WALLINS CREEK, BIG RUN, SALT TRACE BRANCH, FOURMILE BRANCH,  
BAILEY CREEK, GABES CREEK, MARTINS FORK CUMBERLAND RIVER, CATRON  
CREEK, JESSES CREEK, MIDDLE FORK KENTUCKY RIVER, STRAIGHT CREEK,  
CLOVER FORK CUMBERLAND RIVER, BIG BRANCH, LAUREL BRANCH AND LAUREL  
FORK.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
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 3700 8312 3698 8315 3696 8315 3698 8306  
3697 8304 3679 8341 3683 8349 3685 8348  
3689 8349 3690 8348 3688 8346 3689 8345  
3689 8341 3690 8340 3692 8340 3695 8329  
3697 8326 3701 8323 3701 8319 3702 8318  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
 
 
 
MARCUS  
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