Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 22 at 4:53PM EDT until August 22 at 9:00PM EDT by NWS Jackson KY
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Urgency:
Future
Effective:
August 22, 2026 - 1:53pm
Expires:
August 22, 2026 - 6:00pm
Description:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
616 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 28 COUNTIES
IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY
BATH ELLIOTT ESTILL
MENIFEE MONTGOMERY POWELL
ROWAN
IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY
JOHNSON MARTIN
IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY
LAUREL MCCREARY PULASKI
ROCKCASTLE WAYNE WHITLEY
IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY
BREATHITT CLAY FLOYD
JACKSON KNOTT KNOX
LEE LESLIE MAGOFFIN
MORGAN OWSLEY PERRY
WOLFE
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ANNVILLE, BARBOURVILLE, BEATTYVILLE,
BOONEVILLE, BRODHEAD, BURNSIDE, CAMARGO, CAMPTON, CLAY CITY,
CORBIN, FRENCHBURG, HAZARD, HINDMAN, HYDEN, INEZ, IRVINE,
JACKSON, JEFFERSONVILLE, LONDON, MANCHESTER, MCKEE, MONTICELLO,
MOREHEAD, MOUNT STERLING, MOUNT VERNON, OWINGSVILLE, PAINTSVILLE,
PIPPA PASSES, PRESTONSBURG, RAVENNA, SALYERSVILLE, SANDY HOOK,
SOMERSET, STANTON, STEARNS, WEST LIBERTY, WHEELWRIGHT,
WHITLEY CITY, AND WILLIAMSBURG.
Area Description:
Bath, KY; Breathitt, KY; Clay, KY; Elliott, KY; Estill, KY; Floyd, KY; Jackson, KY; Johnson, KY; Knott, KY; Knox, KY; Laurel, KY; Lee, KY; Leslie, KY; McCreary, KY; Magoffin, KY; Martin, KY; Menifee, KY; Montgomery, KY; Morgan, KY; Owsley, KY; Perry, KY; Powell, KY; Pulaski, KY; Rockcastle, KY; Rowan, KY; Wayne, KY; Whitley, KY; Wolfe, KY
Forcast Office:
NWS Jackson KY
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov