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Flood Watch 13, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this flood watch at Sep 23, 2026, 2:49 AM EDT for 20 counties in Kentucky. It took effect at Sep 23, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 9 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 23, 2026, 2:49 AM EDT (06:49 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 23, 2026, 1:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Sep 23, 2026, 10:00 PM EDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bell County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Clay County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:49 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 flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Sep 23, 2:16 AM EDT, 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 23, 2:16 AM EDT, 33 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 22, 9:06 PM EDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Sep 23, 2:14 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Leslie | 3 hr |
| Sep 23, 3:16 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Harlan, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry | 2 hr |
| Sep 23, 3:30 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Leslie, Letcher | 6 hr |
| Sep 23, 3:46 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Knott, Letcher, Perry | 4 hr |
| Sep 23, 4:02 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Harlan | 10 min |
| Sep 23, 4:12 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan | 4 hr |
| Sep 23, 5:04 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Letcher | 3 hr |
| Sep 23, 5:15 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Harlan | 2 hr |
| Sep 23, 5:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Floyd | 46 min |
| Sep 23, 5:34 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Letcher | 3 hr |
| Sep 23, 5:42 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay, Leslie | 11 min |
| Sep 23, 5:53 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Leslie, Perry | 3 hr |
| Sep 23, 6:04 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Martin | 35 min |
| Sep 23, 6:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Martin | 41 min |
| Sep 23, 6:08 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Knox | 20 min |
| Sep 23, 6:28 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Knox | 3 hr |
| Sep 23, 6:35 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay, Knox | 14 min |
| Sep 23, 6:38 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Martin | 4 hr |
| Sep 23, 6:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Martin | 34 min |
| Sep 23, 6:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Breathitt | 45 min |
| Sep 23, 6:49 PM EDT | Flash Flood Warning | JKL | Clay, Knox | 3 hr |
| Sep 23, 6:56 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Knox | 2 hr |
| Sep 23, 7:50 PM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Bell, Clay, Leslie | 2 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.