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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, KY
NWS Jackson, KY issued this special weather statement at Feb 20, 2026, 4:21 AM EST for 5 counties in Kentucky. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 20, 2026, 4:21 AM EST (09:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2026, 5:00 AM EST
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Jackson, KY
- Hail
- 0.00 in
- Wind
- 40
Counties Bell County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Knox County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Whitley County, KY
The radar
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Feb 19, 6:20 PM EST, 10 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 6:20 PM EST, 10 hours 1 minute before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, KY issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Feb 20, 12:57 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Jackson, Rockcastle | 48 min |
| Feb 20, 1:32 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Estill, Jackson, Lee, Owsley | 28 min |
| Feb 20, 1:40 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Johnson | 50 min |
| Feb 20, 1:46 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Jackson, Rockcastle | 44 min |
| Feb 20, 1:52 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Martin | 38 min |
| Feb 20, 1:55 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Breathitt, Lee, Magoffin, Owsley | 50 min |
| Feb 20, 2:05 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Rockcastle | 25 min |
| Feb 20, 2:38 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Floyd, Johnson, Martin | 52 min |
| Feb 20, 2:42 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Jackson, Lee, Owsley, Rockcastle | 48 min |
| Feb 20, 2:57 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Floyd, Martin, Pike | 23 min |
| Feb 20, 2:58 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Johnson, Magoffin, Wolfe | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:04 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Breathitt | 41 min |
| Feb 20, 3:12 AM EST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JKL | Martin, Pike | 33 min |
| Feb 20, 3:37 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Clay, Knox, Laurel, McCreary, Whitley | 38 min |
| Feb 20, 3:39 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Clay, Perry | 51 min |
| Feb 20, 3:48 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Floyd | 27 min |
| Feb 20, 3:59 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Breathitt, Floyd, Knott, Magoffin, Owsley | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:00 AM EST | Areal Flood Advisory | JKL | Clay, Jackson, Laurel, Owsley, Rockcastle | 3 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:04 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Pike | 41 min |
| Feb 20, 4:26 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Knott, Perry | 34 min |
| Feb 20, 5:04 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Harlan, Letcher | 26 min |
| Feb 20, 5:08 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Letcher, Pike | 22 min |
| Feb 20, 2:28 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Lee | 26 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:34 PM EST | River Flood Advisory | JKL | Estill | 37 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.