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Part of: Athens County Area Flooding — July 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued July 21 at 3:59PM EDT until July 21 at 7:00PM EDT by NWS Louisville KY
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Jefferson, KY, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 252,142 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 (Jefferson, 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
Jefferson, KY · ≈ 390 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 LMK storm report
FLOOD — 3 W Jeffersontown, KY
Water rescue for sinking vehicle in floodwaters on Six Mile Lane at Breckenridge Lane.
- Storm report NWS LMK storm report
FLOOD — 2 SW Louisville, KY
Water rescue of vehicle stuck in flood waters at West Oak Street and S 15th Street.
- Storm report NWS LMK storm report
FLOOD — 2 SSE Pewee Valley, KY
Flooding over roadway on 9300 block of Ash Ave.
- News WDSU
Here is where you can get sandbags before this week's flood threat
Show 3 earlier updates
- NWS Louisville KY Bulletin
- Jefferson Parish (.gov) News
- News12 | Connecticut News
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.