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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 16, 2026, 1:34 AM EDT for Pulaski County, Rockcastle County, Kentucky. It was in force for 41 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
- Mar 16, 2026, 1:34 AM EDT (05:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2026, 2:15 AM EDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY
The radar
The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 12:41 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 228 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1722 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 536 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 Mar 15, 11:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 11:35 PM EDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 16, 12:54 AM EDT, 40 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Jackson KY 1254 AM EDT Mon Mar 16 2026 KYZ052-085>087-104-106>117-119-120-170500- Rowan-Whitley-Knox-Bell-Elliott-Morgan-Johnson-Wolfe-Magoffin-Floyd- Lee-Breathitt-Knott-Owsley-Perry-Clay-Leslie-Martin-Pike- 1254 AM EDT Mon Mar 16 2026 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 62 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a portion of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Tonight. A brief period of stronger wind gusts up to 45 mph are expected late tonight. There is a risk of isolated severe showers and thunderstorms late tonight. If severe weather materializes, the main hazards would be damaging winds or a brief spin-up tornado. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Snow showers are expected on Monday and Monday night with a few snow squalls also possible. Light snow accumulations of a dusting to 1 inch are expected, though isolated higher amounts are possible under the most persistent snow showers. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report instances of wind damage tonight. KYZ044-050-051-058>060-068-069-079-080-083-084-170500- Fleming-Montgomery-Bath-Estill-Powell-Menifee-Rockcastle-Jackson- Pulaski-Laurel-Wayne-McCreary- 1254 AM EDT Mon Mar 16 2026 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM EDT MONDAY... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 62 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a portion of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Tonight. A brief period of stronger wind gusts up to 50 mph are expected late tonight. There is a risk of isolated to scattered severe showers and thunderstorms late tonight. If severe weather materializes, the main hazards would be damaging winds or a brief spin-up tornado. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Snow showers are expected on Monday and Monday night with a few snow squalls also possible. Light snow accumulations of a dusting to 1 inch are expected, though isolated higher amounts are possible under the most persistent snow showers. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report instances of wind damage tonight. KYZ088-118-170500- Harlan-Letcher- 1254 AM EDT Mon Mar 16 2026 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 62 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING... ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM EDT MONDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MONDAY TO 8 AM EDT TUESDAY... This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a portion of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Tonight. A brief period of stronger wind gusts up to 45 mph are expected late tonight. There is a risk of isolated severe showers and thunderstorms late tonight. If severe weather materializes, the main hazards would be damaging winds or a brief spin-up tornado. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday. Snow showers are expected on Monday and Monday night with a few snow squalls also possible. Snow accumulations of up to 2 inches are expected, though isolated higher amounts are possible under the most persistent snow showers. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report instances of wind damage tonight and snowfall Monday and Monday night. GINNICK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 1:25 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne | 50 min |
| Mar 16, 1:42 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | McCreary, Wayne | 33 min |
| Mar 16, 1:48 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Fleming | 42 min |
| Mar 16, 2:06 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Whitley | 39 min |
| Mar 16, 2:09 AM EDT | Tornado Warning | JKL | Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Wayne, Whitley | 36 min |
| Mar 16, 2:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bath, Estill, Lee, Menifee, Montgomery, Powell and 2 more | 53 min |
| Mar 16, 2:34 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bath, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Menifee, Montgomery and 1 more | 41 min |
| Mar 16, 2:40 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, Owsley and 1 more | 50 min |
| Mar 16, 2:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Bath, Fleming, Rowan | 30 min |
| Mar 16, 3:00 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Elliott, Lee, Magoffin, Menifee, Morgan and 3 more | 45 min |
| Mar 16, 3:09 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Harlan, Knott, Leslie and 3 more | 51 min |
| Mar 16, 3:30 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Clay, Knox | 15 min |
| Mar 16, 3:39 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin, Perry | 51 min |
| Mar 16, 3:51 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Elliott, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin, Morgan | 39 min |
| Mar 16, 3:55 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Bell, Harlan, Knott, Letcher | 50 min |
| Mar 16, 4:16 AM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Pike | 44 min |
| Mar 16, 4:32 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Martin | 13 min |
| Mar 16, 4:57 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pike | 18 min |
| Mar 16, 3:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Knott, Letcher, Martin, Pike | 65 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.