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Heat and Fire Weather Concerns West; Heavy Rain and Thunderstorms from Plains to mid-Atlantic

Thunderstorms and locally heavy rainfall is expected from the Central Plains to the Ohio Valley, mid-Atlantic and across the Southeast. Severe weather from the Upper Midwest to Central Plains increases on Friday. Major to Extreme HeatRisk continues across the Southern Plains to the lower Mississippi Valley late this week. Fire weather concerns for the northern Rockies and northern Plains today. Read More >

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060 WWUS73 KJKL 042309 NPWJKL URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Jackson KY 709 PM EDT Fri Sep 4 2026 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-050015- /O.CAN.KJKL.HT.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-260905T0000Z/ Fleming-Montgomery-Bath-Rowan-Estill-Powell-Menifee-Rockcastle- Jackson-Pulaski-Laurel-Wayne-McCreary-Whitley-Knox-Bell-Harlan- Elliott-Morgan-Johnson-Wolfe-Magoffin-Floyd-Lee-Breathitt-Knott- Owsley-Perry-Clay-Leslie-Letcher-Martin-Pike- Including the cities of Sandy Hook, Prestonsburg, Jenkins, London, Monticello, Annville, Jackson, Hindman, Booneville, Irvine, Elkhorn City, Barbourville, West Liberty, Somerset, Clay City, Pineville, Cumberland, Harlan, Pippa Passes, Hazard, Camargo, Stanton, Middlesboro, Manchester, Morehead, Burnside, McKee, Frenchburg, Whitley City, Paintsville, Salyersville, Stearns, Beattyville, Corbin, Flemingsburg, Inez, Wheelwright, South Williamson, Hyden, Owingsville, Jeffersonville, Mount Vernon, Whitesburg, Brodhead, Williamsburg, Mount Sterling, Pikeville, Ravenna, Coal Run, and Campton 709 PM EDT Fri Sep 4 2026 ...HEAT ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... Heat indices have fallen to 100 or lower and therefore, the threat has ended. $$ JP

Heat and Fire Weather Concerns West; Heavy Rain and Thunderstorms from Plains to mid-Atlantic

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Heat and Fire Weather Concerns West; Heavy Rain and Thunderstorms from Plains to mid-Atlantic

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