NWS Jackson KYSV.W 0178September 4, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Floyd, Johnson, Martin and 1 more, KY
The National Weather Service office in Jackson issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Floyd, Johnson, Martin and 1 more in Kentucky, which was in force until 3:45 p.m. local time on September 4. It was the 178th 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 26 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Jackson KY
- Area
- Floyd, Johnson, Martin and 1 more
- State
- Kentucky
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 3:19 p.m. EDT, September 4, 2026
- Expires
- 3:45 p.m. EDT, September 4, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KJKL SV.W 0178
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky since 2008Every warning type in Kentucky
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The notice as issued
SVRJKL The National Weather Service in JACKSON KY has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Martin County in northeastern Kentucky... Southeastern Johnson County in northeastern Kentucky... Northeastern Floyd County in southeastern Kentucky... Northwestern Pike County in southeastern Kentucky... * Until 345 PM EDT. * At 319 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Dicks Creek, or near Prestonsburg, moving southeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Pleasant around 325 PM EDT.
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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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Kentucky since 2008608 a year
- Every warning type in Kentucky
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels