Flash Flood Warning
NWS Jackson KY ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Remains In Effect Until 245 AM EDT Early This Morning For Central Harlan County
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
At 1248 AM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 4.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
Hazard
Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses. Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Harlan, Loyall, Evarts, Kildav, Bailey Creek, Verda, Darkmont, Putney, Ages, Short Town, Kenvir, Coxton, Colts, Black Mountain, Nolansburg, Shields, Rosspoint, Golden Ash, Chevrolet and Lenarve.
Instructions
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.
Affected areas
- Harlan County, KY
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Jackson KY
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~44s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M33Q3R1WASSHCX6887GFC3E7
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.0de9dcbf866d8a30578db6484714c2bb8e1775ca.001.1
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Scope
- Public
- CAP source
- 211803 v2.3.0
- Handling codes
- IPAWSv1.0
- Issuing office
- NWS Jackson KY
- AWIPS ID
- CAPJKL
- NWWS sequence
- nwws_processor.6750
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFS |
| NationalWeatherService | FFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFSJKL |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS73 KJKL 220448 |
| NWSheadline | FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM EDT EARLY THIS MORNING FOR CENTRAL HARLAN COUNTY |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR INDICATED |
| flashFloodDamageThreat | CONSIDERABLE |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0070.000000T0000Z-260922T0645Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-22T02:45:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Harlan County, KY
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 021095 |
| UGC | KYC095 |
- Polygons
- 36.94,-83.19 36.89,-83.36 36.77,-83.33 36.86,-83.07 36.89,-83.04 36.96,-83.1 36.94,-83.19