
Local brief
Ended: Flash Flood Warning for Bath County, KY (canceled early; had been set to run until 1 p.m. EDT Sunday, Oct. 11)
The National Weather Service canceled the Flash Flood Warning for Bath County early, at 11:41 a.m. EDT (8:41 a.m. PDT); it had been set to run until 1 p.m. EDT Sunday, Oct. 11 (10 a.m. PDT). Check weather.gov for any new alerts.
Ended: The National Weather Service canceled this Flash Flood Warning early, at 11:41 a.m. EDT Sunday (8:41 a.m. PDT). It had been set to run until 1 p.m. EDT Sunday, Oct. 11 (10 a.m. PDT). NWS no longer lists it as of 11:37 a.m. PDT Sunday, Oct. 11. Check weather.gov for any new alerts. Water can stay on roads and in washes after a warning ends, so still do not drive into floodwater.
What happened: Thunderstorms are dropping heavy rain across parts of Kentucky, where creeks, streams and low roads can flood quickly. The National Weather Service office in Jackson KY warned that flash flooding was happening or about to start. Between 1 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area.
Where: The warning covers northwestern Bath County in east-central Kentucky. Places NWS named include Flemingsburg, Owingsville, Sherburne, Tilton, Pecks Ridge, Pebble, Craintown, Oakley, Bethel, Odessa, Elizaville and Reynoldsville.
Until when: The warning had been set to run until 1 p.m. EDT Sunday, Oct. 11 (10 a.m. PDT), but NWS canceled it early at 11:41 a.m. EDT.
What to do: Turn around, don't drown. Never drive or walk into floodwater. Six inches of moving water can knock you down, and one to two feet can carry away a car. Stay away from creeks, streams, washes, rivers and low roads. Do not drive around barricades. If water starts rising near you, go to higher ground right away. Flooded roads are hard to see in the dark.
Stay informed: Check https://www.weather.gov/jkl/ for the latest from the National Weather Service, and follow the Kentucky Emergency Management agency (https://kyem.ky.gov) and your county emergency management office. Turn on emergency alerts on your phone and keep it charged.
Find shelters and supplies: https://zost.app/pages/ky/bath
Get prepared: https://noticenearby.com/prepare
Sources: National Weather Service Jackson KY Flash Flood Warning via api.weather.gov (https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.deee51a3904625f54551d1a6c17e4c710b0df00f.001.1). Updated 8:34 a.m. PDT Sunday, Oct. 11. Notice Nearby wrote this brief in its own words. More Bath County notices: https://noticenearby.com/ky/bath
Source: the public notice on this register NN-ENV-ky-bath-flash-flood-warning-2026-10-11 · National Weather Service Jackson KY Flash Flood Warning.
This is a Notice Nearby local brief — an in-house explainer written from a government-posted notice on this register. It is not official minutes, not a newspaper story, and not Legal Publication.
