UPDATE (12:01 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 1): A FLASH FLOOD WARNING has been extended in Logan, Mingo and Wyoming Counties in West Virginia until 2:30 p.m.
Mon, Aug 1, 2022, 8:26 AM EDT
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY…
SOUTHERN MARTIN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY…
NORTHEASTERN BREATHITT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY…
FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY…
MAGOFFIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY…
NORTHERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY…
* UNTIL 1030 AM EDT.
* AT 826 AM EDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD…FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE…RADAR.
IMPACT…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…
PIKEVILLE, PRESTONSBURG, SALYERSVILLE, MASON, COAL RUN VILLAGE,
MARTIN, FOREST HILLS, ALLEN, ALVIN, EMMA, BANNER, DWALE, ALLEN
CITY, IVEL, BEAVER JUNCTION, CORN FORK HOLLOW, LANCER, ARKANSAS,
ENDICOTT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
TURN AROUND, DON’T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
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FLASH FLOOD…RADAR INDICATED
