Severe Thunderstorm Watch

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 616 IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN KENTUCKY THIS WATCH INCLUDES 28 COUNTIES

IN EAST CENTRAL KENTUCKY

BATH ELLIOTT ESTILL MENIFEE MONTGOMERY POWELL ROWAN

IN NORTHEAST KENTUCKY

JOHNSON MARTIN

IN SOUTH CENTRAL KENTUCKY

LAUREL MCCREARY PULASKI ROCKCASTLE WAYNE WHITLEY

IN SOUTHEAST KENTUCKY

BREATHITT CLAY FLOYD JACKSON KNOTT KNOX LEE LESLIE MAGOFFIN MORGAN OWSLEY PERRY WOLFE

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ANNVILLE, BARBOURVILLE, BEATTYVILLE, BOONEVILLE, BRODHEAD, BURNSIDE, CAMARGO, CAMPTON, CLAY CITY, CORBIN, FRENCHBURG, HAZARD, HINDMAN, HYDEN, INEZ, IRVINE, JACKSON, JEFFERSONVILLE, LONDON, MANCHESTER, MCKEE, MONTICELLO, MOREHEAD, MOUNT STERLING, MOUNT VERNON, OWINGSVILLE, PAINTSVILLE, PIPPA PASSES, PRESTONSBURG, RAVENNA, SALYERSVILLE, SANDY HOOK, SOMERSET, STANTON, STEARNS, WEST LIBERTY, WHEELWRIGHT, WHITLEY CITY, AND WILLIAMSBURG.