NWS Charleston WVSV.W 0423September 21, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Boyd, Carter, Greenup and 1 more, KY
The National Weather Service office in Charleston issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Boyd, Carter, Greenup and 1 more in Kentucky, which was in force until 5:30 p.m. local time on September 21. It was the 423rd severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Charleston 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, Charleston WV
- Area
- Boyd, Carter, Greenup and 1 more
- State
- Kentucky
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 4:57 p.m. EDT, September 21, 2026
- Expires
- 5:30 p.m. EDT, September 21, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KRLX SV.W 0423
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SVRRLX The National Weather Service in Charleston West Virginia has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Boyd County in northeastern Kentucky... North central Lawrence County in northeastern Kentucky... Southern Greenup County in northeastern Kentucky... Eastern Carter County in northeastern Kentucky... * Until 530 PM EDT. * At 457 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Grayson, moving east at 25 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. * Locations impacted include... Ashland, Grayson, Grayson Lake State Park, Cannonsburg, Princess, Coalton, Denton, Oldtown, Naples, Rush, Grahn, Hopewell, Summit, Willard, Hitchins, and Mavity. This includes Interstate 64 in Kentucky between mile markers 164 and 189.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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