NWS Jackson KYFF.W 0071September 23, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Bell, Harlan, Leslie and 1 more, KY
The National Weather Service office in Jackson issued a flash flood warning for Bell, Harlan, Leslie and 1 more in Kentucky, which was in force until 6:30 p.m. local time on September 23. It was the 71st flash flood warning the NWS office in Jackson issued in 2026. Kentucky had 19 flash flood warnings in September 2026, against 9 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Kentucky's flash flood warnings by year).
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The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Jackson KY
- Area
- Bell, Harlan, Leslie and 1 more
- State
- Kentucky
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 3:30 p.m. EDT, September 23, 2026
- Expires
- 6:30 p.m. EDT, September 23, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KJKL FF.W 0071
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky since 2008Every warning type in Kentucky
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The notice as issued
FFWJKL The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a * 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 630 PM EDT. * At 330 PM EDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar indicated. 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... 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... Lynn Fork, Oldhouse Branch, Elk Creek, Laurel Fork, Fourmile Branch, Catron Creek, Line Fork, Jesses Creek, Martins Fork Cumberland River, Salt Trace Branch, Stony Fork, Jakes Creek, Laurel Branch, Wallins Creek, Foresters Creek, Big Run, Little Laurel Creek, Big Branch, Poor Fork Cumberland River, Terry Fork, Lewis Creek, Cumberland River, Gabes Creek, Ages Creek, Rockhouse Creek, Clover Fork, Clover Fork Cumberland River, James York Branch, Middle Fork Kentucky River, Right Fork Bill Branch, Ben Howard Branch, Stoney Fork, Straight Creek, Lovely Branch, Greasy Creek, Reuben Branch, Beech Fork and Bailey Creek.
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
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The record around this notice
- Flash Flood Warnings in Kentucky since 2008141 a year
- Every warning type in Kentucky
- Flash Flood Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most3,924 a year
- NWS notices, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels