Effective:

2025-02-25T20:17:00-05:00

Expires:

2025-03-03T10:00:00-05:00

Certainty:

Likely

Event:

Flood Warning

Type:

Update

Severity:

Severe

Urgency:

Immediate

Areas:

Leslie, KY

* WHAT...Elevated lake levels at Buckhorn Lake will continue to cause flooding along the Middle Fork Kentucky River and local tributaries upstream of the Lake. * WHERE...A portion of southeast Kentucky, including the following county, Leslie. * WHEN...Until 1000 AM EST Monday. * IMPACTS...Flooding of roads, creeks, and streams, immediately upstream of Buckhorn Lake is occurring. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 816 PM EST, Tuesday, February 25th, flooding is occurring upstream of Buckhorn Lake. - Some locations that will experience flooding include... Confluence, Dryhill, Toulouse and Mosley Bend.

Instruction: Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.

Effective:

2025-02-26T03:07:00-05:00

Expires:

2025-02-26T19:45:00-05:00

Certainty:

Observed

Event:

Special Weather Statement

Type:

Alert

Severity:

Moderate

Urgency:

Expected

Areas:

Dade; Walker; Catoosa; Whitfield; Murray; Fannin; Gilmer; Union; Towns; Chattooga; Gordon; Pickens; Dawson; Lumpkin; White; Floyd; Bartow; Cherokee; Forsyth; Hall; Banks; Jackson; Madison; Polk; Paulding; Cobb; North Fulton; Gwinnett; Barrow; Clarke; Oconee; Oglethorpe; Wilkes; Haralson; Carroll; Douglas; South Fulton; DeKalb; Rockdale; Walton; Newton; Morgan; Greene; Taliaferro; Heard; Coweta; Fayette; Clayton; Spalding; Henry; Butts; Jasper; Putnam; Hancock; Warren; Troup; Meriwether; Pike; Upson; Lamar; Monroe; Jones; Baldwin; Washington; Glascock; Jefferson; Harris; Talbot; Taylor; Crawford; Bibb; Twiggs; Wilkinson; Johnson; Emanuel; Muscogee; Chattahoochee; Marion; Schley; Macon; Peach; Houston; Bleckley; Laurens; Treutlen; Stewart; Webster; Sumter; Dooly; Crisp; Pulaski; Wilcox; Dodge; Telfair; Wheeler; Montgomery; Toombs

Relative Humidities of 25 percent or less can be expected for 4 or more hours this afternoon into the evening. Winds will be generally out of the North to Northwest at 5 to 10mph. With dry fuels, high fire danger conditions can be expected. Please refer to your local burn permitting authorities whether you may burn outdoors. If you do burn outside, use extreme caution.

Instruction: