565  
WUUS53 KJKL 222258  
SVRJKL  
KYC025-071-115-119-153-159-193-195-222345-  
/O.NEW.KJKL.SV.W.0171.260822T2258Z-260822T2345Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY  
658 PM EDT SAT AUG 22 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON KY HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHWESTERN MARTIN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...  
SOUTHEASTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...  
NORTHEASTERN PERRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...  
KNOTT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...  
FLOYD COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...  
SOUTHEASTERN BREATHITT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...  
NORTHWESTERN PIKE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...  
SOUTHEASTERN MAGOFFIN COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN KENTUCKY...  
 
* UNTIL 745 PM EDT.  
 
* AT 658 PM EDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM CORN FORK HOLLOW TO GUNLOCK TO BUCK, MOVING  
SOUTHEAST AT 20 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...  
PIKEVILLE, PRESTONSBURG, HINDMAN, ESTILL, COAL RUN VILLAGE,  
WHEELWRIGHT, MARTIN, PIPPA PASSES, WAYLAND, VICCO, ALLEN, AND ELIC.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3758 8233 3732 8275 3716 8311 3748 8324  
3762 8296 3778 8270  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 329DEG 16KT 3768 8268 3755 8292 3744 8314  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
GEERTSON  
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