Paintsville-Johnson County KY Emergency Management

06/15/2026

06/15/2026

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06/15/2026

Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms are anticipated from late Wednesday through Thursday. The location, magnitude, and timing of expected excessive rainfall risk will evolve over the next few days, so continue to monitor forecasts for the latest information.

06/14/2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT MARTIN...JOHNSON...FLOYD...
NORTHEASTERN BREATHITT...NORTHWESTERN PIKE AND EASTERN MAGOFFIN
COUNTIES THROUGH 830 PM EDT...

At 751 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from Chandlerville to near Barnetts Creek to
Riceville to Swampton to Camp Lewis. Movement was east at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Pikeville, Paintsville, Prestonsburg, Inez, Mason, Coal Run Village,
Martin, Warfield, Allen, Meta, Pilgrim, Oaklawn Estates, Vail,
Davella, Lancer, Whitehouse, McDowell, Piso, Burning Fork, and
Collista.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
Kentucky Highway 3 in Floyd County between mile markers 1 and 4.
Kentucky Highway 3 in Johnson County Kentucky Highway 3 in Martin
County between mile markers 1 and 9.
Kentucky Highway 80 in Floyd County between mile markers 1 and 14.
U.S. Highway 119 in Pike County between mile markers 1 and 3, and
between mile markers 5 and 16.
U.S. Highway 23 in Floyd County between mile markers 1 and 21.
U.S. Highway 23 in Johnson County between mile markers 0 and 16.
U.S. Highway 23 in Pike County between mile markers 25 and 32.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

06/14/2026

KYZ10Johnson KY-Magoffin KY-Morgan KY-Wolfe KY-
724 PM EDT Sun Jun 14 2026
..GUSTY SHOWERS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN MORGAN...SOUTHWESTERN
JOHNSON...NORTHWESTERN FLOYD...NORTHEASTERN BREATHITT...MAGOFFIN AND
EAST CENTRAL WOLFE COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM EDT...

At 724 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers along a line
extending from White Oak to Burg to Malaga. Movement was east at 40
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Paintsville, Salyersville, Mason, Simpson, Lewis, Burkhart, Florress,
Lexie, Falcon, Wonnie, Burning Fork, Kernie, Collista, West Royalton
Station, Swamp Branch, Ever, Cottle, Perlie, Niles, and Gordon Ford.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway between mile markers 49 and 76.
U.S. Highway 23 in Johnson County between mile markers 3 and 9.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

06/14/2026

Johnson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a missing person case involving Nicholas Michael Fuller. Last known location was Paintsville KY earlier this week. Anyone with information please contact the Paintsville/Johnson County 911 dispatch at (606) 789-4221, or the Kentucky State Police at (606) 433-7711

*this is An older picture of Mr. fuller*

06/14/2026

Shower and storm chances spread from West to East after midnight on Sunday morning. Some of Sunday's storms could produce heavy rainfall and strong wind gusts, so WPC and SPC have issued Marginal Risks for portions of our forecast area. Expect cooler than normal temperatures on Monday and Tuesday, but stormy weather returns for the second half of the work week.

06/13/2026

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06/12/2026

A humid airmass is expected ahead of a cold front today, and any storms that develop will likely produce torrential downpours. Isolated instances of flash flooding cannot be ruled out, especially in areas such as SE KY that may experience multiple rounds of storms.

06/12/2026

After tonight's river valley fog develops, our attention turns towards a weakening line of storms approaching from the N/NW tomorrow morning. The cold front responsible for that activity should spark additional showers/storms in tomorrow afternoon. There will be enough instability for storms in SE KY to strengthen, but the lack of wind shear will limit storms' longevity and organization. The strongest cells could still produce locally damaging wind gusts and torrential rainfall, but a widespread severe weather outbreak is not anticipated tomorrow. Quiet weather briefly returns on Saturday, but rain chances spread back across the entire forecast area on Sunday.