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Flash Flood Warning 69, NWS Jackson, KY

September 21, 2026Pike County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this flash flood warning at Sep 21, 2026, 10:59 PM EDT for Pike 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

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The facts

Issued: Sep 21, 2026, 10:59 PM EDT (02:59 UTC)
Expired: Sep 22, 2026, 2:00 AM EDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Pike County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 21, 9:38 PM EDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 21, 9:58 PM EDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Sep 21, 10:18 PM EDT, 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 21, 10:26 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 21, 10:55 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 21, 10:58 PM EDT, 1 minute 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
Sep 21, 8:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Wayne	28 min
Sep 21, 8:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pulaski	24 min
Sep 21, 8:34 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	McCreary, Wayne	41 min
Sep 21, 9:06 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	McCreary	24 min
Sep 21, 9:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	McCreary	23 min
Sep 21, 9:09 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Whitley	36 min
Sep 21, 9:26 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Pulaski	3 hr
Sep 21, 9:30 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Pike	3 hr
Sep 21, 9:36 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pulaski	24 min
Sep 21, 9:38 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Whitley	37 min
Sep 21, 9:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Knox, Laurel, Whitley	25 min
Sep 21, 9:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pulaski	32 min
Sep 21, 10:04 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Pike	3 hr
Sep 21, 10:16 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Laurel, McCreary, Whitley	3 hr
Sep 21, 10:18 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Knox	42 min
Sep 21, 10:26 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Rockcastle	34 min
Sep 21, 10:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Laurel, Pulaski, Rockcastle	2 hr
Sep 21, 10:54 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Knox	4 hr
Sep 21, 10:55 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Jackson	35 min
Sep 21, 10:58 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bell, Knox	32 min
Sep 21, 11:21 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Whitley	4 hr
Sep 21, 11:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Harlan	35 min
Sep 21, 11:27 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bell	33 min
Sep 21, 11:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell, Harlan, Letcher	4 hr
Sep 21, 11:47 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan	13 min
Sep 21, 11:49 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Harlan	3 hr
Sep 21, 11:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Harlan, Leslie	34 min
Sep 21, 11:57 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bell	3 hr
Sep 21, 11:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Harlan	19 min
Sep 22, 12:21 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Harlan	39 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.