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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Jackson, KY

April 1, 2026Elliott County, Johnson County, Morgan County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 1, 2026, 4:44 PM EDT for Elliott County, Johnson County, Morgan County, Kentucky. It was in force for 31 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
Apr 1, 2026, 4:44 PM EDT (20:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 1, 2026, 5:15 PM EDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Elliott County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Morgan County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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
Apr 1, 2:43 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 175 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2026-04-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 125 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2026-04-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 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
125 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
921 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 1, 8:14 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLElliott16 min
Apr 1, 12:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLLaurel25 min
Apr 1, 12:29 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLLaurel31 min
Apr 1, 1:22 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBreathitt23 min
Apr 1, 1:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPerry23 min
Apr 1, 1:54 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLJohnson, Martin36 min
Apr 1, 2:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLFloyd27 min
Apr 1, 2:03 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMcCreary27 min
Apr 1, 2:10 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPerry35 min
Apr 1, 2:18 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMartin27 min
Apr 1, 2:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLKnox25 min
Apr 1, 2:20 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLKnott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry25 min
Apr 1, 2:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMadison37 min
Apr 1, 2:25 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Johnson, Martin, Pike35 min
Apr 1, 2:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLFloyd, Johnson, Magoffin34 min
Apr 1, 2:43 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLKnott32 min
Apr 1, 2:49 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLKnox26 min
Apr 1, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPike24 min
Apr 1, 2:57 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLJohnson33 min
Apr 1, 2:59 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMartin16 min
Apr 1, 4:08 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMorgan37 min
Apr 1, 4:15 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLElliott, Johnson, Morgan, Rowan30 min
Apr 1, 5:11 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLJohnson34 min
Apr 1, 5:37 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLFleming23 min
Apr 1, 5:46 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMcCreary29 min
Apr 1, 6:01 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLFleming29 min
Apr 1, 6:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Fleming, Rowan32 min
Apr 1, 6:42 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMorgan33 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.