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Excessive Rainfall Potential for the Southeast; Heat Expands for Center of the Nation; Critical Fire Weather for Pacific Northwest

Flash flooding threatens areas from the Tennessee Valley to the Carolinas as storms repeat along a stalled front. Monsoonal storms may trigger flooding in the Southwest. Dangerous heat expands across the Desert Southwest, Plains, mid-Mississippi Valley and Southern Tier. Critical fire weather for interior Pacific Northwest. Cooler, drier air brings brief relief to the Great Lakes and Northeast. Read More >

 
 


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Flood Watch
National Weather Service Jackson KY
1114 PM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026

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Rockcastle-Pulaski-Laurel-Wayne-McCreary-Whitley-Knox-Bell-Harlan-
Knott-Perry-Clay-Leslie-Letcher-
Including the cities of Corbin, Pippa Passes, Whitley City,
Manchester, Stearns, Jenkins, Pineville, Williamsburg,
Monticello, Hindman, Whitesburg, Burnside, London, Somerset,
Hazard, Hyden, Brodhead, Cumberland, Middlesboro, Harlan, Mount
Vernon, and Barbourville
1114 PM EDT Tue Jul 21 2026

...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

The Flood Watch is cancelled for portions of south central and
southeast Kentucky, including the following areas, in south central
Kentucky, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne and Whitley.
In southeast Kentucky, Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knott, Knox, Leslie,
Letcher and Perry.

Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to
heed remaining road closures.

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GEERTSON