Flash Flood Warning
NWS Jackson KY ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Issued September 23 At 3:30PM EDT Until September 23 At 6:30PM EDT By NWS Jackson KY
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
FFWJKL 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.
Impacts
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.
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Affected areas
- Bell County, KY
- Harlan County, KY
- Leslie County, KY
- Letcher 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
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M37VZEYJJ5P33VDDVBYPSJFW
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.7dd4ccd8a43a25557d5c98bfbabf88608b047b94.001.1
- 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.2447
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFW |
| NationalWeatherService | FFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFWJKL |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS53 KJKL 231930 |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR INDICATED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0071.260923T1930Z-260923T2230Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-23T18:30:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Bell County, KY
- Harlan County, KY
- Leslie County, KY
- Letcher County, KY
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 021013 |
| SAME | 021095 |
| SAME | 021131 |
| SAME | 021133 |
| UGC | KYC013 |
| UGC | KYC095 |
| UGC | KYC131 |
| UGC | KYC133 |
- Polygons
- 37.04,-83.19 37.04,-83.18 37.02,-83.18 37.02,-83.16 37.01,-83.16 37.0,-83.12 36.99,-83.11 37.0,-83.1 36.97,-83.04 36.79,-83.41 36.86,-83.55 37.04,-83.19