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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Jackson, KY

August 6, 2026Bell County, Knox County, Whitley County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Aug 6, 2026, 6:59 PM EDT for Bell County, Knox County, Whitley County, Kentucky. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 6, 2026, 6:59 PM EDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2026, 10:00 PM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Bell County, KY, Knox County, KY, Whitley County, KY

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 253 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1265 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 6, 5:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 5:45 PM EDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 6, 3:59 PM EDT, 3 hours before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Jackson KY
359 PM EDT Thu Aug 6 2026

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-072000-
Fleming-Montgomery-Bath-Rowan-Estill-Powell-Menifee-Rockcastle-
Jackson-Pulaski-Laurel-Wayne-McCreary-Whitley-Knox-Bell-Harlan-
Elliott-Morgan-Johnson-Wolfe-Magoffin-Floyd-Lee-Breathitt-Knott-
Owsley-Perry-Clay-Leslie-Letcher-Martin-Pike-
359 PM EDT Thu Aug 6 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a portion of eastern Kentucky.

.DAY ONE...Through tonight.

Thunderstorms are possible, mainly during the evening hours. They
may bring about isolated instances of heavy rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday.

Thunderstorms are possible at times. They could bring isolated
instances of heavy rainfall, mainly Friday and Saturday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

GEERTSON/MARCUS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 6, 5:20 PM EDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 5:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 6:30 PM EDT, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 6, 6:53 PM EDT, 6 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 5, 8:14 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Perry	31 min
Aug 5, 8:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Letcher, Perry	3 hr
Aug 5, 8:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Knott, Perry	3 hr
Aug 6, 5:20 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Lee, Wolfe	25 min
Aug 6, 5:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Wolfe	37 min
Aug 6, 6:30 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Whitley	30 min
Aug 6, 6:42 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Letcher	3 hr
Aug 6, 6:45 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Knox, Whitley	14 min
Aug 6, 6:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Elliott	22 min
Aug 6, 7:06 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Harlan, Letcher	3 hr
Aug 6, 7:11 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	McCreary, Whitley	3 hr
Aug 6, 7:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Whitley	17 min
Aug 6, 7:22 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Elliott	2 hr
Aug 6, 7:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Laurel	20 min
Aug 6, 7:34 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	McCreary	11 min
Aug 6, 7:39 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Elliott	2 hr
Aug 6, 7:53 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Laurel	3 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.