789  
WUUS53 KJKL 230156  
SVRJKL  
KYC013-051-095-121-131-230245-  
/O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0174.260823T0156Z-260823T0245Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY  
956 PM EDT SAT AUG 22 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
WESTERN HARLAN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...  
NORTHEASTERN BELL COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...  
EAST CENTRAL KNOX COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...  
SOUTHWESTERN LESLIE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...  
SOUTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...  
 
* UNTIL 1045 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 956 PM EDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SAYLOR, OR 10  
MILES NORTHWEST OF HARLAN, MOVING SOUTHEAST 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...  
WALLINS CREEK AROUND 1000 PM EDT.  
LOYALL AROUND 1005 PM EDT.  
HARLAN AROUND 1010 PM EDT.  
LIGGETT AROUND 1015 PM EDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE  
MARTINS FORK AND MARTINS FORK LAKE.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 3667 8342 3698 8365 3701 8338 3680 8311  
3678 8313 3675 8313 3674 8316 3674 8320  
3670 8334  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 319DEG 24KT 3691 8349  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 

 
 
HEF  
 
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