NWS Jackson KYSV.W 0181September 4, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Knott, Letcher and Perry, KY
The National Weather Service office in Jackson issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Knott, Letcher and Perry in Kentucky, which was in force until 6:00 p.m. local time on September 4. It was the 181st 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 42 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Jackson KY
- Area
- Knott, Letcher and Perry
- State
- Kentucky
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:18 p.m. EDT, September 4, 2026
- Expires
- 6:00 p.m. EDT, September 4, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KJKL SV.W 0181
- 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... Letcher County in southeastern Kentucky... Southeastern Perry County in southeastern Kentucky... South central Knott County in southeastern Kentucky... * Until 600 PM EDT. * At 517 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bluefield, or 11 miles west of Whitesburg, moving south at 15 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... Letcher around 525 PM EDT. Defeated Creek around 530 PM EDT. Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include Flint and Kings Creek.
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