Kentucky Severe Severe Thunderstorm Watch | Effective 08/11/2026 13:29

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 11 at 4:29PM EDT until August 11 at 8:00PM EDT by NWS Jackson KY
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
August 11, 2026 - 1:29pm
Expires: 
August 11, 2026 - 5:00pm
Description: 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 568 TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING AREAS UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 25 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY ESTILL MENIFEE POWELL IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY JOHNSON MARTIN IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY LAUREL ROCKCASTLE WHITLEY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY BELL BREATHITT CLAY FLOYD HARLAN JACKSON KNOTT KNOX LEE LESLIE LETCHER MAGOFFIN MORGAN OWSLEY PERRY PIKE WOLFE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ANNVILLE, BARBOURVILLE, BEATTYVILLE, BOONEVILLE, BRODHEAD, CAMPTON, CLAY CITY, COAL RUN, CORBIN, CUMBERLAND, ELKHORN CITY, FRENCHBURG, HARLAN, HAZARD, HINDMAN, HYDEN, INEZ, IRVINE, JACKSON, JENKINS, LONDON, MANCHESTER, MCKEE, MIDDLESBORO, MOUNT VERNON, PAINTSVILLE, PIKEVILLE, PINEVILLE, PIPPA PASSES, PRESTONSBURG, RAVENNA, SALYERSVILLE, SOUTH WILLIAMSON, STANTON, WEST LIBERTY, WHEELWRIGHT, WHITESBURG, AND WILLIAMSBURG.
Area Description: 
Bell, KY; Breathitt, KY; Clay, KY; Estill, KY; Floyd, KY; Harlan, KY; Jackson, KY; Johnson, KY; Knott, KY; Knox, KY; Laurel, KY; Lee, KY; Leslie, KY; Letcher, KY; Magoffin, KY; Martin, KY; Menifee, KY; Morgan, KY; Owsley, KY; Perry, KY; Pike, KY; Powell, KY; Rockcastle, KY; Whitley, KY; Wolfe, KY
Forcast Office: 
NWS Jackson KY
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov