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Areas of Dangerous Heat and Severe Thunderstorms

Dangerous heat will build across the Southwest U.S. through the end of the week with daytime highs of 110-115°F. Heat across the southern Plains will briefly ease to near-normal by late week before returning over much of the Plains into next week. Severe thunderstorms are expected across parts of the central and southern High Plains, central Great Lakes, and Ozarks Wednesday. Read More >

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958 FLUS43 KJKL 251950 HWOJKL Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Jackson KY 350 PM EDT Tue Aug 25 2026 KYZ044-050>052-058>060-068-069-079-080-083>088-104-106>120-262000- 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- 350 PM EDT Tue Aug 25 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for a portion of eastern Kentucky. .DAY ONE...Tonight. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday. Thunderstorms are possible mainly during the afternoon and evening hours on Thursday and Friday and for locations near the VA border on Saturday and Monday. A few of the storms on Thursday afternoon and evening could produce strong to locally damaging wind gusts. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. $$ JP