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Part of: Franklin County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 16 at 7:01PM EDT until August 16 at 10:00PM EDT by NWS Charleston WV
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Boyd, KY; Carter, KY; Greenup, KY; Lawrence, KY; Lawrence, OH; Wayne, WV, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 578,251 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 (Boyd, KY; Carter, KY; Greenup, KY; Lawrence, KY; Lawrence, OH; Wayne, WV), 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
Boyd, KY; Carter, KY; Greenup, KY; Lawrence, KY; Lawrence, OH; Wayne, WV · ≈ 910 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.
- News Forth.News
Tornado Warning Issued for Kentucky Counties as Storm Moves Through Grayson Lake Area
- Storm report NWS RLX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 1 SE Cross Lanes, WV
High water in the area of 5200 Dalewood Drive in Cross Lanes. Water rescue currently in progress.
- News The Daily Independent
At least 7 people have died from days of heavy rain and record-setting flooding in Indiana
- Storm report NWS RLX storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 2 ESE Cross Lanes, WV
High water reported in the 100 block of Rocky Ln.
Show 4 earlier updates
- NWS RLX storm report Storm report
- NWS RLX storm report Storm report
- NWS Charleston WV Bulletin
- Patch News
Flash Flooding In Bergen County Weather Forecast For Sunday: See Risk Map
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.