Severe Thunderstorm Watch Kentucky | Effective 03/15/2026 21:41

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued March 16 at 12:41AM EDT until March 16 at 7:00AM EDT by NWS Jackson KY
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
March 15, 2026 - 9:41pm
Expires: 
March 16, 2026 - 4:00am
Description: 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 62 IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM EDT THIS MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 33 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY BATH ELLIOTT ESTILL FLEMING MENIFEE MONTGOMERY POWELL ROWAN IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY JOHNSON MARTIN IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY LAUREL MCCREARY PULASKI ROCKCASTLE WAYNE WHITLEY IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY BELL BREATHITT CLAY FLOYD HARLAN JACKSON KNOTT KNOX LEE LESLIE LETCHER MAGOFFIN MORGAN OWSLEY PERRY PIKE WOLFE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ANNVILLE, BARBOURVILLE, BEATTYVILLE, BOONEVILLE, BRODHEAD, BURNSIDE, CAMARGO, CAMPTON, CLAY CITY, COAL RUN, CORBIN, CUMBERLAND, ELKHORN CITY, FLEMINGSBURG, FRENCHBURG, HARLAN, HAZARD, HINDMAN, HYDEN, INEZ, IRVINE, JACKSON, JEFFERSONVILLE, JENKINS, LONDON, MANCHESTER, MCKEE, MIDDLESBORO, MONTICELLO, MOREHEAD, MOUNT STERLING, MOUNT VERNON, OWINGSVILLE, PAINTSVILLE, PIKEVILLE, PINEVILLE, PIPPA PASSES, PRESTONSBURG, RAVENNA, SALYERSVILLE, SANDY HOOK, SOMERSET, SOUTH WILLIAMSON, STANTON, STEARNS, WEST LIBERTY, WHEELWRIGHT, WHITESBURG, WHITLEY CITY, AND WILLIAMSBURG.
Area Description: 
Bath, KY; Bell, KY; Breathitt, KY; Clay, KY; Elliott, KY; Estill, KY; Fleming, KY; Floyd, KY; Harlan, KY; Jackson, KY; Johnson, KY; Knott, KY; Knox, KY; Laurel, KY; Lee, KY; Leslie, KY; Letcher, KY; McCreary, KY; Magoffin, KY; Martin, KY; Menifee, KY; Montgomery, KY; Morgan, KY; Owsley, KY; Perry, KY; Pike, KY; Powell, KY; Pulaski, KY; Rockcastle, KY; Rowan, KY; Wayne, KY; Whitley, KY; Wolfe, KY
Forcast Office: 
NWS Jackson KY
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov