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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Jackson, KY

August 1, 20265 counties in Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2026, 10:28 PM EDT for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 32 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 1, 2026, 10:28 PM EDT (02:28 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2026, 11:00 PM EDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, KY
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Estill County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Lee County, KY, Powell County, KY, Wolfe County, KY

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 00:00Z on 2026-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 949 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 00:00Z on 2026-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 173 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
949 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
578 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
5.1

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 8:53 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPulaski37 min
Aug 1, 9:13 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMontgomery32 min
Aug 1, 9:20 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLRockcastle25 min
Aug 1, 9:26 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLJackson, Pulaski, Rockcastle34 min
Aug 1, 9:33 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLWayne27 min
Aug 1, 9:44 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBath, Fleming, Montgomery31 min
Aug 1, 9:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLEstill32 min
Aug 1, 9:58 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLJackson, Rockcastle32 min
Aug 1, 10:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLBath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan30 min
Aug 1, 10:17 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLEstill, Lee, Powell28 min
Aug 1, 10:23 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLRowan37 min
Aug 1, 10:34 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLMcCreary26 min
Aug 1, 10:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJKLLaurel, McCreary, Pulaski, Whitley33 min
Aug 1, 10:52 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLJackson23 min
Aug 1, 11:05 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLJackson, Laurel, Lee, Owsley, Whitley25 min
Aug 1, 11:32 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLOwsley28 min
Aug 2, 12:20 AM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLBell, Knox40 min
Aug 2, 2:51 PM EDTSpecial Weather StatementJKLPike39 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.