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Part of: Russell County Area Flooding — August 2026 →
Flash Flood Warning issued August 6 at 7:49PM CDT until August 6 at 10:45PM CDT by NWS Louisville KY
This is a severe-significance flash flood warning event affecting Russell, KY, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flash Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 14,030 acres
- Began
- To end
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Affected area map
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Russell, KY · ≈ 22 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 OHX storm report
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- News WLTX
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- News ABC17NEWS
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- News freeskier
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Show 2 earlier updates
- NWS Louisville KY Bulletin
- Daily Herald 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 ↗.