Kentucky Severe Severe Thunderstorm Warning | Effective 07/21/2026 14:32

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 21 at 5:32PM EDT until July 21 at 6:15PM EDT by NWS Jackson KY
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
July 21, 2026 - 2:32pm
Expires: 
July 21, 2026 - 3:15pm
Description: 
SVRJKL The National Weather Service in JACKSON KY has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Powell County in east central Kentucky... Southwestern Morgan County in southeastern Kentucky... Northwestern Owsley County in southeastern Kentucky... Estill County in east central Kentucky... Northern Jackson County in southeastern Kentucky... Northern Rockcastle County in south central Kentucky... Southwestern Menifee County in east central Kentucky... Northwestern Breathitt County in southeastern Kentucky... Lee County in southeastern Kentucky... Wolfe County in southeastern Kentucky... * Until 615 PM EDT. * At 531 PM EDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Harris Ferry to 6 miles southwest of Richmond to near Stanford, moving east at 65 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Severe thunderstorms will be near... Clay City around 535 PM EDT. Stanton around 540 PM EDT. Ravenna around 545 PM EDT. Campsites in the Indian Creek area of the Daniel Boone National Forrest around 550 PM EDT. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include Torrent and Beattyville.
Instruction: 
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms, and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
Area Description: 
Breathitt, KY; Estill, KY; Jackson, KY; Lee, KY; Menifee, KY; Morgan, KY; Owsley, KY; Powell, KY; Rockcastle, KY; Wolfe, KY
Forcast Office: 
NWS Jackson KY