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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Jackson, KY

August 22, 20268 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2026, 5:43 PM EDT for 8 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 47 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 22, 2026, 5:43 PM EDT (21:43 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 2026, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Bath County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Wolfe County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 22, 4:53 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 2:36 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMontgomery39 min
Aug 22, 3:23 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Menifee, Montgomery37 min
Aug 22, 3:27 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLRowan33 min
Aug 22, 3:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLFleming38 min
Aug 22, 3:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMenifee, Morgan37 min
Aug 22, 3:54 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFleming, Rowan21 min
Aug 22, 4:13 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFleming, Rowan47 min
Aug 22, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFleming, Rowan26 min
Aug 22, 4:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMenifee31 min
Aug 22, 5:08 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Rowan37 min
Aug 22, 5:11 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Fleming, Rowan34 min
Aug 22, 5:33 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe42 min
Aug 22, 5:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLRowan36 min
Aug 22, 5:51 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Estill, Lee, Powell, Wolfe39 min
Aug 22, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPowell29 min
Aug 22, 6:03 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe27 min
Aug 22, 6:12 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Powell, Wolfe33 min
Aug 22, 6:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLEstill, Lee28 min
Aug 22, 6:19 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLOwsley26 min
Aug 22, 6:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin35 min
Aug 22, 6:28 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBreathitt47 min
Aug 22, 6:31 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Knott, Magoffin, Perry44 min
Aug 22, 6:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Clay, Lee, Owsley, Perry, Wolfe25 min
Aug 22, 6:41 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPerry34 min
Aug 22, 6:47 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLClay, Knott, Leslie, Owsley, Perry43 min
Aug 22, 6:56 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Knott, Lee, Magoffin, Perry, Wolfe34 min
Aug 22, 6:58 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBreathitt, Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Magoffin, Martin and 2 more47 min
Aug 22, 7:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Knott, Letcher, Perry, Pike47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.