Flash Flood Warning
NWS Jackson KY ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Remains In Effect Until 630 PM EDT This Evening For Northeastern Bell, Northwestern Harlan, Southeastern Leslie And Southwestern Letcher Counties
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
At 440 PM EDT, the public reported flash flooding in Sukey Ridge and Baxter. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Additional light rainfall is ongoing across the warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring.
Hazard
Flash flooding caused by heavy rain.
Source
Public reported.
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... Lewis Creek, Lovely Branch, Laurel Fork, Cumberland River, Jakes Creek, Poor Fork Cumberland River, Rockhouse Creek, Beech Fork, Line Fork, Greasy Creek, Terry Fork, Little Laurel Creek, Stony Fork, Ben Howard Branch, Clover Fork, Lynn Fork, Foresters Creek, Reuben Branch, Oldhouse Branch, Ages Creek, Right Fork Bill Branch, Wallins Creek, Big Run, James York Branch, Elk Creek, Salt Trace 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, Fourmile Branch and Stoney Fork.
Instructions
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.
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
- ~1m5s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M38008GNYK18D7BNC1NK3X64
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.a5ecda3eb823dd7cba3d73b42ead7ec6f4f90b47.001.1
- 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.4126
- 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
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFS |
| NationalWeatherService | FFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFSJKL |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS73 KJKL 232040 |
| NWSheadline | FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN BELL, NORTHWESTERN HARLAN, SOUTHEASTERN LESLIE AND SOUTHWESTERN LETCHER COUNTIES |
| flashFloodDetection | OBSERVED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KJKL.FF.W.0071.000000T0000Z-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