Flash Flood Warning
NWS Jackson KY ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Issued September 23 At 6:21PM EDT Until September 23 At 8:00PM 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 extended the * 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 800 PM EDT. * At 621 PM EDT, the public reported flash flooding in Sukey Ridge and Baxter. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. 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... Laurel Branch, Stoney Fork, Ben Howard Branch, Big Branch, Ages Creek, Oldhouse Branch, Line Fork, James York Branch, Straight Creek, Bailey Creek, Greasy Creek, Jesses Creek, Laurel Fork, Rockhouse Creek, Jakes Creek, Lewis Creek, Clover Fork, Catron Creek, Clover Fork Cumberland River, Cumberland River, Poor Fork Cumberland River, Big Run, Little Laurel Creek, Salt Trace Branch, Terry Fork, Wallins Creek, Reuben Branch, Stony Fork, Fourmile Branch, Middle Fork Kentucky River, Lynn Fork, Elk Creek, Gabes Creek, Foresters Creek, Beech Fork, Martins Fork Cumberland River, Lovely Branch and Right Fork Bill Branch.
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
- ~54s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M385RWBX7J4D48M9BS5YZF9Q
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.250e2669016b9e1ba94c4430edff5acc7ee1b745.001.1
- 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.6951
- 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 | FFW |
| NationalWeatherService | FFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFWJKL |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS53 KJKL 232221 |
| flashFloodDetection | OBSERVED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KJKL.FF.W.0071.000000T0000Z-260924T0000Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-23T20:00:00-04:00 |
| 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