NWS Jackson KYSV.W 0189September 21, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Johnson, Magoffin and Morgan, KY
The National Weather Service office in Jackson issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Johnson, Magoffin and Morgan in Kentucky, which was in force until 7:45 p.m. local time on September 21. It was the 189th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Jackson issued in 2026. Kentucky had 49 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 17 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Kentucky's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 33 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Jackson KY
- Area
- Johnson, Magoffin and Morgan
- State
- Kentucky
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 7:12 p.m. EDT, September 21, 2026
- Expires
- 7:45 p.m. EDT, September 21, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KJKL SV.W 0189
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SVRJKL The National Weather Service in JACKSON KY has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... East central Morgan County in southeastern Kentucky... Southwestern Johnson County in northeastern Kentucky... Northeastern Magoffin County in southeastern Kentucky... * Until 745 PM EDT. * At 712 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Licksburg, or near Salyersville, moving northeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Salyersville around 715 PM EDT. Niles around 720 PM EDT. Win around 725 PM EDT. Oil Springs around 730 PM EDT.
What the agency told people to do
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.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.