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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 187, NWS Jackson, KY

September 6, 2026Magoffin County, Morgan County, Wolfe County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 2026, 12:23 AM EDT for Magoffin County, Morgan County, Wolfe County, Kentucky. It was in force for 37 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
Sep 6, 2026, 12:23 AM EDT (04:23 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 2026, 1:00 AM EDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Magoffin County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Wolfe County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 348 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2026-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2667 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2026-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2667 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1929 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 5, 10:39 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLRowan36 min
Sep 5, 10:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMorgan33 min
Sep 5, 11:24 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMorgan36 min
Sep 5, 11:40 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMagoffin35 min
Sep 6, 12:19 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMorgan26 min
Sep 6, 12:29 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLJohnson31 min
Sep 6, 12:54 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMagoffin36 min
Sep 6, 2:44 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPike16 min
Sep 6, 3:49 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLKnott26 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.