Flash Flood Warning
NWS Jackson KY ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Issued September 23 At 3:46PM EDT Until September 23 At 6:45PM 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... Southwestern Knott County in southeastern Kentucky... Northwestern Letcher County in southeastern Kentucky... East Central Perry County in southeastern Kentucky... * Until 645 PM EDT. * At 346 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... Letcher, Bath, Vicco, Blackey, Carcassonne, Gander, Carbon Glow, David, Arminta, Elko, Cody, Indian Bottom, Smithsboro, Carr Creek, Redfox, Red Star, Dirk, Jeremiah, Bluefield and Amelia.
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Affected areas
- Knott County, KY
- Letcher County, KY
- Perry County, KY
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Jackson KY
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~34s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M37WWERGTAV1VYPZ9N542VXN
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.30c0510f48396d899e62685b6b62a17dd5509019.001.1
- 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.2846
- 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 231946 |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR INDICATED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KJKL.FF.W.0072.260923T1946Z-260923T2245Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-23T18:45:00-04:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Knott County, KY
- Letcher County, KY
- Perry County, KY
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 021119 |
| SAME | 021133 |
| SAME | 021193 |
| UGC | KYC119 |
| UGC | KYC133 |
| UGC | KYC193 |
- Polygons
- 37.09,-83.09 37.15,-83.17 37.3,-82.99 37.25,-82.78 37.04,-83.01 37.09,-83.09