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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Jackson, KY

August 11, 2026Martin County, Pike County, Kentucky

NWS Jackson, KY issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 2026, 1:45 PM EDT for Martin County, Pike County, Kentucky. It was in force for 30 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 11, 2026, 1:45 PM EDT (17:45 UTC)
Expired: Aug 11, 2026, 2:15 PM EDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, KY
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Martin County, KY, Pike County, KY

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:47 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 11, 8:41 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 231 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 3952 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 708 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.4
Supercell composite: 13.3

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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 Aug 11, 1:27 PM EDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 1:27 PM EDT, 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 11, 12:05 PM EDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 11, 11:24 AM EDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 11, 11:58 AM EDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 11, 12:51 PM EDT, 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 11, 1:41 PM EDT, 4 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 11, 11:24 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Fleming	36 min
Aug 11, 11:58 AM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan	47 min
Aug 11, 12:51 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Bath, Elliott, Johnson, Martin, Menifee, Morgan and 1 more	24 min
Aug 11, 1:41 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pike	34 min
Aug 11, 2:07 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pike	23 min
Aug 11, 2:13 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pike	32 min
Aug 11, 2:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Floyd, Pike	26 min
Aug 11, 2:35 PM EDT	Special Weather Statement	JKL	Pike	25 min
Aug 11, 4:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JKL	Bath, Fleming, Montgomery, Rowan	43 min
Aug 11, 4:33 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan	27 min
Aug 11, 4:53 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Elliott, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan	37 min
Aug 11, 4:59 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Elliott	16 min
Aug 11, 5:00 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Bath, Montgomery	30 min
Aug 11, 5:03 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bath, Menifee, Morgan, Rowan	27 min
Aug 11, 5:03 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Elliott, Fleming, Morgan, Rowan	27 min
Aug 11, 5:06 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	JKL	Bath, Elliott, Estill, Fleming, Johnson, Magoffin and 6 more	39 min
Aug 11, 5:21 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Johnson, Magoffin, Morgan	39 min
Aug 11, 5:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Elliott	14 min
Aug 11, 5:31 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Menifee, Morgan, Wolfe	14 min
Aug 11, 5:32 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	JKL	Breathitt, Magoffin, Morgan, Wolfe	43 min
Aug 11, 5:35 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Jackson, Lee, Magoffin and 6 more	40 min
Aug 11, 5:42 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Wolfe	18 min
Aug 11, 5:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JKL	Breathitt, Estill, Floyd, Jackson, Johnson, Knott and 9 more	38 min
Aug 11, 6:05 PM EDT	Tornado Warning	JKL	Breathitt, Perry, Pike	70 min
Aug 11, 6:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Harlan, Johnson, Knott, Leslie and 6 more	50 min
Aug 11, 6:19 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Estill, Knott, Lee, Magoffin and 6 more	41 min
Aug 11, 6:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Estill, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley, Pulaski and 1 more	47 min
Aug 11, 6:41 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Breathitt, Floyd, Magoffin, Pike	3 hr
Aug 11, 6:41 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knott, Knox, Leslie and 2 more	64 min
Aug 11, 6:51 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JKL	Breathitt, Clay, Knott, Lee, Owsley, Perry	39 min
Aug 11, 6:52 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JKL	Floyd, Knott, Letcher, Magoffin, Martin, Pike	38 min
Aug 11, 7:02 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Rockcastle	3 hr
Aug 11, 7:08 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Clay, Jackson, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Pulaski and 2 more	52 min
Aug 11, 7:23 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Perry, Pike	3 hr
Aug 11, 7:34 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Harlan, Leslie, Letcher, Perry	3 hr
Aug 11, 7:43 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JKL	Bell, Clay, Harlan, Knox, Laurel, Leslie and 5 more	62 min
Aug 11, 7:47 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Laurel	17 min
Aug 11, 7:50 PM EDT	Areal Flood Advisory	JKL	Pulaski	16 min
Aug 11, 7:57 PM EDT	Flash Flood Warning	JKL	Pulaski	3 hr

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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.