Kentucky Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 08/01/2026 19:28

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 1 at 10:28PM EDT until August 1 at 11:00PM EDT by NWS Jackson KY
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
August 1, 2026 - 7:28pm
Expires: 
August 1, 2026 - 8:00pm
Description: 
SVRJKL The National Weather Service in JACKSON KY has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Powell County in east central Kentucky... Estill County in east central Kentucky... Northeastern Jackson County in southeastern Kentucky... Northern Lee County in southeastern Kentucky... Southwestern Wolfe County in southeastern Kentucky... * Until 1100 PM EDT. * At 1028 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Pitts, or near Irvine, moving northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Furnace around 1035 PM EDT. Lombard around 1040 PM EDT. Bowen around 1045 PM EDT. Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include Glencairn and Jenson.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Area Description: 
Estill, KY; Jackson, KY; Lee, KY; Powell, KY; Wolfe, KY
Forcast Office: 
NWS Jackson KY
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov