Local brief
Ended: Flash Flood Warning for Bracken County, KY (ended early; had been set to run until 1:30 p.m. EDT Sunday, Oct. 11)
The National Weather Service Flash Flood Warning for Bracken County ended at 1:30 p.m. EDT Sunday, Oct. 11 (10:30 a.m. PDT). Check weather.gov for any new alerts.
Ended: This Flash Flood Warning ended at 1:30 p.m. EDT Sunday, Oct. 11 (10:30 a.m. PDT), and the National Weather Service 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 Wilmington OH 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 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area.
Where: The warning covers east-central Bracken County in northern Kentucky. Places NWS named include Dover, Germantown, Minerva, Tuckahoe and Stoney Point.
Until when: The warning ran until 1:30 p.m. EDT Sunday, Oct. 11 (10:30 a.m. PDT) and has ended.
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/iln/ 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/bracken
Get prepared: https://noticenearby.com/prepare
Sources: National Weather Service Wilmington OH Flash Flood Warning via api.weather.gov (https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.19106c0d21db1948988fa19bfe83ffbd20058486.001.1). Updated 8:34 a.m. PDT Sunday, Oct. 11. Notice Nearby wrote this brief in its own words. More Bracken County notices: https://noticenearby.com/ky/bracken
Source: the public notice on this register NN-ENV-ky-bracken-flash-flood-warning-2026-10-11 · National Weather Service Wilmington OH Flash Flood Warning.
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