This event is no longer active — it's kept here as a record. Recovery may still be underway; the guidance below applies.
Part of: Shelby County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 13 at 8:11PM EDT until August 13 at 11:00PM EDT by NWS Jackson KY
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Breathitt, KY; Floyd, KY; Magoffin, KY; Wolfe, KY, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 210,385 acres
- Began
- To end
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Affected area map
The shaded area is the affected-area perimeter reported for this event by NOAA / National Weather Service (Breathitt, KY; Floyd, KY; Magoffin, KY; Wolfe, KY), colored by hazard type. Pan and zoom to explore the map; when more than one observation exists, use the slider below to step through how the reported area changed.
Interactive affected-area map
Breathitt, KY; Floyd, KY; Magoffin, KY; Wolfe, KY · ≈ 330 sq mi reported extent · Enable JavaScript to explore the map.
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- Storm report NWS JKL storm report
FLASH FLOOD — Stanton, KY
Report of standing water in front of Kroger in Stanton. Fire Department being dispatched to direct traffic.
- Storm report NWS JKL storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 WNW Stanton, KY
Video from NWS JKL Employee showing water overflowing from creek and into roadway. Roadway is completely covered.
- Bulletin NWS Jackson KY
Flash Flood Warning issued
Breathitt, KY; Floyd, KY; Magoffin, KY; Wolfe, KY
- Storm report NWS RLX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — Clintwood, VA
Jessee Street, Crimson Circle, Phipps Circle, and Wave Drive are flooded.
Show 2 earlier updates
- NWS JKL storm report Storm report
- WYMT News
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Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.