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Severe Thunderstorms; Excessive Rainfall; Dangerous Heat; Air Quality Concerns and the Tropics

Wildfire smoke will push into the Midwest, worsening air quality. A frontal system brings severe storms from the Northern Plains to the Mid‑Atlantic the next few days. Heavy Gulf Coast rain is possible as Tropical Depression Two has formed, while monsoonal storms persist in the Southwest with heavy rainfall. Hazardous heat expands from the Plains into the Lower Mississippi Valley. Read More >

 
 


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Flood Watch
National Weather Service Jackson KY
1017 PM EDT Sun Jul 12 2026

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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-
Including the cities of South Williamson, Annville, Booneville,
Brodhead, Somerset, Frenchburg, Campton, Jenkins, Sandy Hook,
McKee, West Liberty, Salyersville, Beattyville, Coal Run,
Hindman, Hazard, Stearns, Whitesburg, Harlan, Cumberland, Pippa
Passes, Stanton, Burnside, Hyden, Paintsville, Camargo,
Prestonsburg, Monticello, Pikeville, Flemingsburg, Irvine, Clay
City, Whitley City, Elkhorn City, Jackson, Morehead,
Williamsburg, Mount Vernon, Pineville, Manchester, Ravenna,
Corbin, Barbourville, Inez, London, Jeffersonville, Middlesboro,
Wheelwright, Mount Sterling, and Owingsville
1017 PM EDT Sun Jul 12 2026

...FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED...

The Flash Flood Watch is cancelled for portions of east central,
northeast, south central, and southeast Kentucky, including the
following areas, in east central Kentucky, Bath, Elliott, Estill,
Fleming, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell and Rowan. In northeast
Kentucky, Johnson and Martin. In south central Kentucky, Laurel,
McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Wayne and Whitley. In southeast
Kentucky, Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Jackson, Knott,
Knox, Lee, Leslie, Letcher, Magoffin, Morgan, Owsley, Perry, Pike
and Wolfe.

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

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