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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Jackson, KY

August 15, 2026Bath County, Fleming County, Rowan County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 15, 2026, 4:42 PM EDT for Bath County, Fleming County, Rowan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 15, 2026, 4:42 PM EDT (20:42 UTC)
Expired: Aug 15, 2026, 5:15 PM EDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bath County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Rowan County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 134 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 313 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -154 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 728 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, KY wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 15, 3:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 3:17 PM EDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 4:23 PM EDT, 19 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Jackson KY
423 PM EDT Sat Aug 15 2026

KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-084>088-104-106>120-162030-
Fleming-Montgomery-Bath-Rowan-Estill-Powell-Menifee-Rockcastle-
Jackson-Pulaski-Laurel-McCreary-Whitley-Knox-Bell-Harlan-Elliott-
Morgan-Johnson-Wolfe-Magoffin-Floyd-Lee-Breathitt-Knott-Owsley-Perry-
Clay-Leslie-Letcher-Martin-Pike-
423 PM EDT Sat Aug 15 2026

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a portion of eastern Kentucky.

.DAY ONE...This evening and tonight.

Thunderstorms are possible at times through tonight. Locations where
thunderstorms are most persistent could have isolated flash
flooding.

The most intense thunderstorms could also produce strong to damaging
wind gusts,.

In addition to the threat for thunderstorms, hot temperatures and
high humidity levels will yield heat indices of 95 to 105 degrees
through early this evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Thunderstorms are possible at times from Sunday afternoon through
Monday evening, and Wednesday night through Friday. Locations where
thunderstorms are the most frequent or persistent could have isolated
flash flooding. Additionally, the most intense storms from Sunday
afternoon and night could produce damaging winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters activation is not expected at this time.

KYZ083-162030-
Wayne-
423 PM EDT Sat Aug 15 2026

...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING...

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a portion of eastern Kentucky.

.DAY ONE...This evening and tonight.

The combination of hot temperatures and high humidity will result in
heat indices up to 107 degrees through early this evening.

Additionally, an isolated thunderstorm cannot be ruled out this
evening.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday.

Thunderstorms are possible at times from Sunday afternoon through
Monday evening, and Wednesday night through Friday. Locations where
thunderstorms are the most frequent or persistent could have isolated
flash flooding. Additionally, the most intense storms from Sunday
afternoon and night could produce damaging winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected at this time.

JKL

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 15, 1:21 PM EDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 15, 1:46 PM EDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 15, 2:17 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 15, 4:25 PM EDT, 17 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 15, 2:45 AM EDT	Heat Advisory	JKL	Wayne	17 hr
Aug 15, 1:09 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pike	36 min
Aug 15, 1:21 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Magoffin	39 min
Aug 15, 1:46 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Morgan	44 min
Aug 15, 1:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Menifee, Morgan, Wolfe	24 min
Aug 15, 1:59 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Johnson	46 min
Aug 15, 2:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Rowan	43 min
Aug 15, 2:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Johnson, Martin, Pike	41 min
Aug 15, 2:53 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Elliott	52 min
Aug 15, 3:03 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Elliott	3 hr
Aug 15, 3:27 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Pike	3 hr
Aug 15, 3:38 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Pike	38 min
Aug 15, 4:16 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Pike	2 hr
Aug 15, 4:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Fleming	26 min
Aug 15, 4:25 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Perry	50 min
Aug 15, 5:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bath	32 min
Aug 15, 5:28 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Nicholas	32 min
Aug 15, 5:44 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Bath, Fleming	8 min
Aug 15, 5:52 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Bath, Fleming	3 hr
Aug 15, 5:52 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Montgomery	23 min
Aug 15, 6:01 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bath	29 min
Aug 15, 6:17 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Montgomery	28 min
Aug 15, 6:35 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Montgomery, Powell	25 min
Aug 15, 6:43 PM EDT	Areal Flood Warning	JKL	Pike	107 min
Aug 15, 6:49 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Montgomery	116 min
Aug 15, 6:56 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Powell	34 min
Aug 15, 7:12 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Estill, Lee, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell and 1 more	33 min
Aug 15, 7:37 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Lee	23 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.